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... readers have eyes and ears receptive to heroic vision and heroic utterance . But , however restricted poets ' sympathies may or must be , readers enjoy a more catholic freedom - unless their sensi- bility has been stunted by the normal ...
... readers have eyes and ears receptive to heroic vision and heroic utterance . But , however restricted poets ' sympathies may or must be , readers enjoy a more catholic freedom - unless their sensi- bility has been stunted by the normal ...
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... readers are much less given to expressing their sentiments than enemies . So far as Milton failed to catch the public ear , some reasons would be the " unrealistic " fervor of his idealism , the amount of historical and exegetical learn ...
... readers are much less given to expressing their sentiments than enemies . So far as Milton failed to catch the public ear , some reasons would be the " unrealistic " fervor of his idealism , the amount of historical and exegetical learn ...
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... readers ; and contemporary poets seem to be aware of Milton only as people are aware of the Elgin Marbles . It is natural for readers to be drawn chiefly to the mirrors and inter- preters of their own age and , in addition , to those ...
... readers ; and contemporary poets seem to be aware of Milton only as people are aware of the Elgin Marbles . It is natural for readers to be drawn chiefly to the mirrors and inter- preters of their own age and , in addition , to those ...
Contents
Introduction | 9 |
16081632 | 17 |
St Pauls School and Cambridge | 18 |
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