Milton: the Critical Heritage, Volume 2Routledge & K. Paul, 1970 - 276 pages |
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Page 90
... short Cloaks , short hair , and with white Caps turn'd up under black ones : but before I could take particular notice of any one man , I was diverted by Milton , whom I observed to be very earnest with a Pro- vincial of the Jesuits ...
... short Cloaks , short hair , and with white Caps turn'd up under black ones : but before I could take particular notice of any one man , I was diverted by Milton , whom I observed to be very earnest with a Pro- vincial of the Jesuits ...
Page 152
... short of Homer in the Characters of his Poem , both as to their Variety and Novelty . Aeneas is indeed a perfect Charac- ter , but as for Achates , tho ' he is stiled the Heroe's Friend , he does noth- ing in the whole Poem which may ...
... short of Homer in the Characters of his Poem , both as to their Variety and Novelty . Aeneas is indeed a perfect Charac- ter , but as for Achates , tho ' he is stiled the Heroe's Friend , he does noth- ing in the whole Poem which may ...
Page 173
... short , if we look into the Conduct of Homer , Virgil and Milton , as the great Fable is the Soul of each Poem , so to give their Works an agreeable Variety , their Episodes are so many short Fables , and their Similes so many short ...
... short , if we look into the Conduct of Homer , Virgil and Milton , as the great Fable is the Soul of each Poem , so to give their Works an agreeable Variety , their Episodes are so many short Fables , and their Similes so many short ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
Personal Statements and Contemporary Evaluations 16281674 | 4 |
Early writing preferences 1628 | 35 |
Copyright | |
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