The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 1R. Cadell, 1834 - Demonology |
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... taste of his age , or , perhaps , were written in ridicule of it ; but no circumstance in his life is more remark- able , than that " Comus , " the " Monody on Lyci- das , " the " Allegro and Penseroso , " and the " Hymn on the Nativity ...
... taste of his age , or , perhaps , were written in ridicule of it ; but no circumstance in his life is more remark- able , than that " Comus , " the " Monody on Lyci- das , " the " Allegro and Penseroso , " and the " Hymn on the Nativity ...
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... taste and that of Milton . " " 1 And first we may observe , that the difference in their situations affected their habits of thinking upon poetical subjects . Milton had retired into solitude , if not into obscurity , relieved from ...
... taste and that of Milton . " " 1 And first we may observe , that the difference in their situations affected their habits of thinking upon poetical subjects . Milton had retired into solitude , if not into obscurity , relieved from ...
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... taste of the age , and frequently quoting the " tamen me Cum magnis vixisse , invita fatebitur usque Invidia . " It followed , that Dryden could not struggle against the tide into which he was launched , and that , although it might be ...
... taste of the age , and frequently quoting the " tamen me Cum magnis vixisse , invita fatebitur usque Invidia . " It followed , that Dryden could not struggle against the tide into which he was launched , and that , although it might be ...
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THE LIFE OF JOHN DRYDEN | xi |
Revival of the Drama at the Restoration | 55 |
Heroic PlaysThe RehearsalMarriage | 101 |
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