The Poetical Works of John Milton, Volume 1John Macrone, 1835 |
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... Opinions of Warton and Johnson - Comments 33 CHAPTER V. ' Lycidas , ' and ' Epitaphium Damonis ' - Death of Edward King - Dr . Johnson's censure of Lycidas ' - Analysis of his critique - Death of Charles Deodate - Elegy - Design of an ...
... Opinions of Warton and Johnson - Comments 33 CHAPTER V. ' Lycidas , ' and ' Epitaphium Damonis ' - Death of Edward King - Dr . Johnson's censure of Lycidas ' - Analysis of his critique - Death of Charles Deodate - Elegy - Design of an ...
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... His Latin letter to Heimbach 154 CHAPTER XV . Sale of Paradise Lost ' - Johnson's remarks - Contempo- raries of Milton - Dryden's opinion of Paradise Lost ' - Folio editions in 1688 and 1695 - Milton's History of England xii CONTENTS .
... His Latin letter to Heimbach 154 CHAPTER XV . Sale of Paradise Lost ' - Johnson's remarks - Contempo- raries of Milton - Dryden's opinion of Paradise Lost ' - Folio editions in 1688 and 1695 - Milton's History of England xii CONTENTS .
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... opinion of Milton's sonnets - its malignity - Necessity of counteracting Johnson's opinions 259 CHAPTER XXVI . On Samson Agonistes ' - Written after the model of the ancient Greek tragedies - Sublimity of Samson's endurance— Third place ...
... opinion of Milton's sonnets - its malignity - Necessity of counteracting Johnson's opinions 259 CHAPTER XXVI . On Samson Agonistes ' - Written after the model of the ancient Greek tragedies - Sublimity of Samson's endurance— Third place ...
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... opinion , that poetry ought to be ad- dressed , not to the learned , but to those of inborn spirituality . Too much learning incumbers and overlays poetry ; and a reference to abstruse or pedantic notes destroys its spell . But to ...
... opinion , that poetry ought to be ad- dressed , not to the learned , but to those of inborn spirituality . Too much learning incumbers and overlays poetry ; and a reference to abstruse or pedantic notes destroys its spell . But to ...
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... opinions on Milton , has received a great and momentous injury ; -whoever has been confirmed by them in his own , must have an unenviable debasement of heart . There have been temporary idols of admiration from whom it has been well to ...
... opinions on Milton , has received a great and momentous injury ; -whoever has been confirmed by them in his own , must have an unenviable debasement of heart . There have been temporary idols of admiration from whom it has been well to ...
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