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Page 205
... writing in the great and sublime manner , and so on the contrary . Milton has shown himself a master in both these ways of writing . The seventh book , which we are now entering upon , is an instance of that sublime which is not mixed ...
... writing in the great and sublime manner , and so on the contrary . Milton has shown himself a master in both these ways of writing . The seventh book , which we are now entering upon , is an instance of that sublime which is not mixed ...
Page 290
... writing , it shows a good mind to forbear answering calumnies and reproaches in the same spirit of bitterness with which they are offered . But when a man has been at some pains in making suitable returns to an enemy , and has the ...
... writing , it shows a good mind to forbear answering calumnies and reproaches in the same spirit of bitterness with which they are offered . But when a man has been at some pains in making suitable returns to an enemy , and has the ...
Page 411
... writing to one of his friends , You , ' says he , tell me , that you do not know whether Per- sius be a good poet or no , because you cannot under- stand him ; for which very reason I affirm that he is not so . ' However , this art of ...
... writing to one of his friends , You , ' says he , tell me , that you do not know whether Per- sius be a good poet or no , because you cannot under- stand him ; for which very reason I affirm that he is not so . ' However , this art of ...
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