The Portent of Milton: Some Aspects of His GeniusW. Laurie, 1958 - 148 pages |
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Page 55
... kind would be in force . Wordsworth's comparison of the soul of Milton to a ' star ' that ' dwelt apart ' is valid ; only , this ' star ' , in some kind of parallactic phenomenon , approached too near the earth . VICTORIAN VENERATION 55.
... kind would be in force . Wordsworth's comparison of the soul of Milton to a ' star ' that ' dwelt apart ' is valid ; only , this ' star ' , in some kind of parallactic phenomenon , approached too near the earth . VICTORIAN VENERATION 55.
Page 56
... kind of clear - cut motion : 1 Boswell relates that Lord Hopeton found one of his shepherds reading Paradise Lost and asked him about it . ' An't please your Lordship , ” said the shepherd , ' this is a very odd sort of an author ; he ...
... kind of clear - cut motion : 1 Boswell relates that Lord Hopeton found one of his shepherds reading Paradise Lost and asked him about it . ' An't please your Lordship , ” said the shepherd , ' this is a very odd sort of an author ; he ...
Page 121
... kind of supermeaning . In great writing there is always a temporal and an eternal value . That Milton's pamphlets are unreadable to his present posterity is no slight upon them , but upon us . In proceeding with the following quotation ...
... kind of supermeaning . In great writing there is always a temporal and an eternal value . That Milton's pamphlets are unreadable to his present posterity is no slight upon them , but upon us . In proceeding with the following quotation ...
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