Milton Memorial Lectures, 1908: Read Before the Royal Society of LiteratureHaskell House, 1964 - 222 pages |
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... poet's possession , and in that of his third wife , and is men- tioned in the probate inventory of her effects at ... poet he had been asked to engrave . In the course of conversation , she told him that her stepmother owned two ...
... poet's possession , and in that of his third wife , and is men- tioned in the probate inventory of her effects at ... poet he had been asked to engrave . In the course of conversation , she told him that her stepmother owned two ...
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... poets , " says another , “ I hate music and know nothing about it . " Even when the tone is gentler and more friendly it is not very often more comprehending . Stanzas inscribed " For music " are not generally of the poet's best ; his ...
... poets , " says another , “ I hate music and know nothing about it . " Even when the tone is gentler and more friendly it is not very often more comprehending . Stanzas inscribed " For music " are not generally of the poet's best ; his ...
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... poetic works . intense personality , amounting almost to vanity , of a work like ' Samson Agonistes ' would , to ... poet's greatest thoughts . We have already seen , in ' Samson Agonistes , ' that whilst the story of Samson has been ...
... poetic works . intense personality , amounting almost to vanity , of a work like ' Samson Agonistes ' would , to ... poet's greatest thoughts . We have already seen , in ' Samson Agonistes , ' that whilst the story of Samson has been ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION BY THE EDITOR | 1 |
MILTONS KNOWLEDGE OF MUSIC By WILLIAM HENRY | 11 |
A NOTE ON MILTONS SHORTER POEMS By ERNEST | 23 |
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