A Familiar Explanation of the Poetical Works of Milton: To which is Prefixed Mr. Addison's Criticism on Paradise LostJ. and R. Tonson, 1762 - 144 pages |
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... to recommend it especially to Pa- rents , and those who have the Care of Youth ; if they are defirous that their Chil- dren and Trufts fhould be acquainted with the the Graces of the British Homer , they will do vi PREFAC E.
... to recommend it especially to Pa- rents , and those who have the Care of Youth ; if they are defirous that their Chil- dren and Trufts fhould be acquainted with the the Graces of the British Homer , they will do vi PREFAC E.
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... - radife Loft may be called an Heroic Poem ? Those who will not give it that Title , may call it ( if they please ) a Divine Poem . It will be fufficient to its Perfection , if it has in it all the Beauties of the highest B 2 it.
... - radife Loft may be called an Heroic Poem ? Those who will not give it that Title , may call it ( if they please ) a Divine Poem . It will be fufficient to its Perfection , if it has in it all the Beauties of the highest B 2 it.
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... those who alledge it is not an Heroic Poem , they advance no more to the Diminution of it , than if they should say Adam is not Æneas , nor Eve Helen . I fhall therefore examine it by the Rules of Epic Poetry , and fee whether it falls ...
... those who alledge it is not an Heroic Poem , they advance no more to the Diminution of it , than if they should say Adam is not Æneas , nor Eve Helen . I fhall therefore examine it by the Rules of Epic Poetry , and fee whether it falls ...
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... those Great Actions , the Battle of the Angels , and the Creation of the World , ( which preceded in Point of Time , and which , in my Opinion , would have en- tirely deftroyed the Unity of his Principal Action , had he related them in ...
... those Great Actions , the Battle of the Angels , and the Creation of the World , ( which preceded in Point of Time , and which , in my Opinion , would have en- tirely deftroyed the Unity of his Principal Action , had he related them in ...
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... those Poems ; but as a great Part of Milton's Story was tranf- acted in Regions that lie out of the Reach of the Sun , and the Sphere of Day , it is impoffible to gratify the Reader with fuch a Calculation , which indeed would be more ...
... those Poems ; but as a great Part of Milton's Story was tranf- acted in Regions that lie out of the Reach of the Sun , and the Sphere of Day , it is impoffible to gratify the Reader with fuch a Calculation , which indeed would be more ...
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