Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical PrefacesJohn Aikin "The object of this work, which is entirely new, is to comprise, within a single volume, a chronological series of our classical poets, from Ben Johnson to Beattie, without mutilation or abridgment, with biographical and critical notices of their authors. The contents of this volume are so comprehensive, that few poems, it is believed, are omitted, except such as are of secondary merit, or unsuited to the perusal of youth" -- Page [i]. |
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... Paradise Lost . In Twelve Books . BEN JONSON . Book I. 29 II . 35 To William Camden ............ III . 43 ... Paradise Regained . In Four Books . Lord Haddington's Marriage Book I. 109 Epitaph on Elizabeth L. H. II . 113 4 ...
... Paradise Lost . In Twelve Books . BEN JONSON . Book I. 29 II . 35 To William Camden ............ III . 43 ... Paradise Regained . In Four Books . Lord Haddington's Marriage Book I. 109 Epitaph on Elizabeth L. H. II . 113 4 ...
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... Paradise Lost . Much discussion has taken place concerning the original conception of this grand performance ; but what- ever hint may have suggested the rude outline , it is certain that all the creative powers of a strong imagination ...
... Paradise Lost . Much discussion has taken place concerning the original conception of this grand performance ; but what- ever hint may have suggested the rude outline , it is certain that all the creative powers of a strong imagination ...
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... Paradise Regained , " written upon a suggestion of the Quaker Elwood's , and ap- parently regarded as the theological completion of the Paradise Lost . Although , in point of inven- tion , its inferiority is plainly apparent , yet ...
... Paradise Regained , " written upon a suggestion of the Quaker Elwood's , and ap- parently regarded as the theological completion of the Paradise Lost . Although , in point of inven- tion , its inferiority is plainly apparent , yet ...
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... PARADISE LOST . Воок І. The Argument . 1020 The first Book proposes , first in brief , the whole subject , Man's disobedience , and the loss there- upon of Paradise wherein he was placed : then touches the prime cause of his fall , the ...
... PARADISE LOST . Воок І. The Argument . 1020 The first Book proposes , first in brief , the whole subject , Man's disobedience , and the loss there- upon of Paradise wherein he was placed : then touches the prime cause of his fall , the ...
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... lost arch - angel , " this the seat That we must change for Heaven : this mournful gloom For that celestial light ? Be it so , since he , Who now is Sovran , can dispose and bid What shall be right : farthest from him is ... PARADISE LOST .
... lost arch - angel , " this the seat That we must change for Heaven : this mournful gloom For that celestial light ? Be it so , since he , Who now is Sovran , can dispose and bid What shall be right : farthest from him is ... PARADISE LOST .
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