Milton's Art of ProsodyBlackwell, 1953 - 147 pages |
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... editions , viz . , Paradise Lost , First Edition , 1668 ; Paradise Re- gain'd and Samson Agonistes , First Edition . 1671 ; and Poems , First Edi- tion , 1645 , additional poems from Second Edition , 1673. Where later editions may also ...
... editions , viz . , Paradise Lost , First Edition , 1668 ; Paradise Re- gain'd and Samson Agonistes , First Edition . 1671 ; and Poems , First Edi- tion , 1645 , additional poems from Second Edition , 1673. Where later editions may also ...
Page 48
... edition of Paradise Lost , two lines of only nine syllables each did appear , and both were emended to ten in the second edition . Listens delighted . Eevning approach'd ( P.L. , V , 627 ) was changed to Listens delighted . Eevning now ...
... edition of Paradise Lost , two lines of only nine syllables each did appear , and both were emended to ten in the second edition . Listens delighted . Eevning approach'd ( P.L. , V , 627 ) was changed to Listens delighted . Eevning now ...
Page 119
... edition and Milton's editions in 1637 and 1645 were all to involve revisions . If reply be made that it is just when he was in such a state of hurry that Milton's fundamental assumptions would come to the fore , if it be enquired , that ...
... edition and Milton's editions in 1637 and 1645 were all to involve revisions . If reply be made that it is just when he was in such a state of hurry that Milton's fundamental assumptions would come to the fore , if it be enquired , that ...
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