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| John Milton - English poetry - 1750 - 674 pages
...fome of his fentiments. But, as I have before faid, thefe are rather to be imputed to the (implicity of the age in which he lived, to which I may alfo...Ancients, and Monfieur Perrault, among the Moderns, pufhed their ridicule very far upon him, on account of fome fuch fentiments. There is no blemilh to... | |
| John Milton - 1750 - 666 pages
...are rather to be imputed to the fimplicity of the age in which he lived, to which 1 may alfo aiid, of that which he defcribed, than to any imperfection...Ancients, and Monfieur Perrault, among the Moderns, puflied their ridicule very far upon him, on account of fome fuch fentiments. There is no blejailh... | |
| John Milton, William Dodd - 1762 - 284 pages
...Sentiments. But, as I have before faid, thefe are rather to be imputed to the Simplicity of the Age in in which he lived, to which I may alfo add, of that which he defcribed, than to any Imperieftion in that Divine Poet. Zoilns, among the Ancients, and Monfieur Perrauh, among the Moderns,... | |
| William Dodd, Joseph Addison - 1762 - 264 pages
...in in which he lived, to which I may alfo add, of that which he defcribed, than to any Imperfeftion in that Divine Poet. Zoilus, among the Ancients, and Monfieur Perrault, among the Moderns, pufhed their Ridicule very far upon him, on account of fomĀ£ fuch Sentiments. There is no Blemifh to... | |
| John Milton - 1763 - 670 pages
...fome of his fentiments. But, as I have before faid, thefe are rather to be imputed to the finiplicity of the age in which he lived, to which I may alfo...ridicule very far upon him, on account of fome fuch feiitiments. There is no blemim to be obfcrved in Virgil, under this head, and but a very few in Milton.... | |
| English poetry - 1776 - 478 pages
...delicacy than greatnefs of genius, by the homelinefs of thefe are rather to be imputed to the fimplicity of the age in which he lived, to which I may alfo...in that divine poet. Zoilus among the Ancients, and MonGeur Perrault among the Moderns, puttied their ridicule very far upon him, on account of fome fuch... | |
| 1778 - 336 pages
...fome of his fentiments. But, as I have before faid, thefe are rather to be imputed to the fimplicity of the age in which he lived, to which I may alfo...ancients, and Monfieur Perrault, among the moderns, pumed their ridicule very far upon him, on account of fome fuch fentiments. There is no blemifh to... | |
| English literature - 1803 - 372 pages
...to the simplicity of the age in which he lived, to which I may also add, of that which he described, than to any imperfection -in that divine poet. Zoilus, among the ancients, and Monsieur Perrault, among the moderns, pushed their ridicule very far upon him, on account of some such... | |
| John Milton - 1809 - 518 pages
...fome of his fentiments. But^ as I have before faid, thefe are rather to be imputed to the- fimplicity of the age in which he lived; to which I may alfo...that divine poet. Zoilus, among the ancients, and Monfiur Perrault, among the moderns, pulhed their ridicule very far upon him, on account of fome fuch... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1810 - 312 pages
...to the simplicity of the age in which he lived, to which I may also add, of that which he described, than to any imperfection in that divine poet., Zoilus among the ancients, and Monsieur Perrault, among the moderns, pushed their ridicule very far upon him, on account of some such... | |
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