Milton: the Critical Heritage, Volume 2Routledge & K. Paul, 1970 - 276 pages |
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Page 81
... less severe , I lik'd his Project , the success did fear ; Through that wide Field how he his way should find O're which lame Faith leads Understanding blind ; Lest he perplex'd the things he would explain , And what was easie he should ...
... less severe , I lik'd his Project , the success did fear ; Through that wide Field how he his way should find O're which lame Faith leads Understanding blind ; Lest he perplex'd the things he would explain , And what was easie he should ...
Page 107
... less us'd ( so they be what you will grant his always are ) Significant words make on a Readers fancy than such as are more common , -you , I say , must pay a vast deference to Mr. Milton's great Judiciousness in this particular no less ...
... less us'd ( so they be what you will grant his always are ) Significant words make on a Readers fancy than such as are more common , -you , I say , must pay a vast deference to Mr. Milton's great Judiciousness in this particular no less ...
Page 108
... less astonisht at his Description than he makes the Angels to be at the Report of their Adversaries Thund'ring Fireworks . And yet , if his Matter requires a Meaner Style , how much soever he speaks Loftily at one time , at another he ...
... less astonisht at his Description than he makes the Angels to be at the Report of their Adversaries Thund'ring Fireworks . And yet , if his Matter requires a Meaner Style , how much soever he speaks Loftily at one time , at another he ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
Personal Statements and Contemporary Evaluations 16281674 | 4 |
Early writing preferences 1628 | 35 |
Copyright | |
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