The Spectator, Volume 6Alexander Chalmers E. Sargeant, M. & W. Ward, Munroe, Francis & Parker, and Edward Cotton, Boston, 1810 - English essays |
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... genius . Milton seems to have known perfectly well wherein his strength lay , and has therefore chosen a subject entirely conformable to those talents of which he was master . As his genius was wonderfully turned to the sublime , his ...
... genius . Milton seems to have known perfectly well wherein his strength lay , and has therefore chosen a subject entirely conformable to those talents of which he was master . As his genius was wonderfully turned to the sublime , his ...
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... genius he was master of , has in this book drawn to his as- sistance all the helps he could meet with among the ancient poets . The sword of Michael , which makes so great a havoc among the bad angels , was given him , we are told , out ...
... genius he was master of , has in this book drawn to his as- sistance all the helps he could meet with among the ancient poets . The sword of Michael , which makes so great a havoc among the bad angels , was given him , we are told , out ...
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... genius is at pre- sent buried in a country parsonage of eight - score pounds a year ; while the other , with the bare abilities of a common scrivener , has got an estate of above an hundred thousand pounds . I fancy , from what I have ...
... genius is at pre- sent buried in a country parsonage of eight - score pounds a year ; while the other , with the bare abilities of a common scrivener , has got an estate of above an hundred thousand pounds . I fancy , from what I have ...
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