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Page 193
... poem , the following lines , in which we see the an- gels heaving up the earth , and placing it in a dif- ferent posture to the sun from what it had before the fall of man , is conceived with that sublime imagina- tion which was so ...
... poem , the following lines , in which we see the an- gels heaving up the earth , and placing it in a dif- ferent posture to the sun from what it had before the fall of man , is conceived with that sublime imagina- tion which was so ...
Page 263
... poem , and afterwards finds out a story to it , I am however of opinion , that no just heroic poem ever was or can be made , from whence one great moral may not be deduced . That which reigns in Milton , is the most universal and most ...
... poem , and afterwards finds out a story to it , I am however of opinion , that no just heroic poem ever was or can be made , from whence one great moral may not be deduced . That which reigns in Milton , is the most universal and most ...
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... poem , and which makes this work more useful and instructive than any other poem in any language . Those who have criticised on the Odyssey , the Iliad , and Æneid , have taken a great deal of pains to fix the number of months and days ...
... poem , and which makes this work more useful and instructive than any other poem in any language . Those who have criticised on the Odyssey , the Iliad , and Æneid , have taken a great deal of pains to fix the number of months and days ...
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