The Poetical Works of John Milton, Volume 1John Macrone, 1835 |
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Page xx
... blind prejudices , and his perverse and excessive humours . In politics he was a bigot ; in sensibility and poetical taste he was hard , and one " who could not , or would not hear . " His Life of Milton , ' by some strange chance , yet ...
... blind prejudices , and his perverse and excessive humours . In politics he was a bigot ; in sensibility and poetical taste he was hard , and one " who could not , or would not hear . " His Life of Milton , ' by some strange chance , yet ...
Page xxii
... blind royalist . There is not a parti- cle of benevolence or candour in this furious and bitter piece of biography of the celebrated critic ; nor is there any research ; nor is the narrative well put together . There are not even many ...
... blind royalist . There is not a parti- cle of benevolence or candour in this furious and bitter piece of biography of the celebrated critic ; nor is there any research ; nor is the narrative well put together . There are not even many ...
Page xxviii
... blind or attached followers of Johnson rise up in arms against me for the part I have taken . I have done it conscientiously ; nor will it be easy to persuade me that in this case I am in er- My spirits , during the progress of this ...
... blind or attached followers of Johnson rise up in arms against me for the part I have taken . I have done it conscientiously ; nor will it be easy to persuade me that in this case I am in er- My spirits , during the progress of this ...
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... blind parts of learning . Life is not long enough for every thing ; nor can the most ardent flame of the intellect entirely overcome an excess- ive superincumbence of dead matter . Though Milton's Latin poetry has been re- marked not ...
... blind parts of learning . Life is not long enough for every thing ; nor can the most ardent flame of the intellect entirely overcome an excess- ive superincumbence of dead matter . Though Milton's Latin poetry has been re- marked not ...
Page 74
... blind the imagina- tion , and harden and embitter the heart . It was not for sublime talents , like his , to entangle themselves in these webs : his mighty genius could not move under the oppressive weight of so much abstruse , and , I ...
... blind the imagina- tion , and harden and embitter the heart . It was not for sublime talents , like his , to entangle themselves in these webs : his mighty genius could not move under the oppressive weight of so much abstruse , and , I ...
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