The British Poets: Including Translations ...C. Whittingham, 1822 - Classical poetry |
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... once knew considered as a pollution of its walls . ' 6 Milton has the reputation of having been in his youth eminently beautiful , so as to have been called the Lady of his college . His hair , which was of a light brown , parted at the ...
... once knew considered as a pollution of its walls . ' 6 Milton has the reputation of having been in his youth eminently beautiful , so as to have been called the Lady of his college . His hair , which was of a light brown , parted at the ...
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... once quick . His domestic habits , so far as they are known , were those of a severe student . He drank little strong drink of any kind , and fed without excess in quantity , and in his earlier years without delicacy of choice . In his ...
... once quick . His domestic habits , so far as they are known , were those of a severe student . He drank little strong drink of any kind , and fed without excess in quantity , and in his earlier years without delicacy of choice . In his ...
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... once written he resolves to preserve , and gives to the public an unfinished poem , which he broke off because he was nothing satisfied with what he had done , supposing his readers less nice than himself . These preludes to his future ...
... once written he resolves to preserve , and gives to the public an unfinished poem , which he broke off because he was nothing satisfied with what he had done , supposing his readers less nice than himself . These preludes to his future ...
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... once destroy the whole merit of Paradise Lost ' as a poem . The prime duty of poetry is to please and if the united force of study and genius has failed to attain this primary object of the poet , it has failed to produce a fine poem ...
... once destroy the whole merit of Paradise Lost ' as a poem . The prime duty of poetry is to please and if the united force of study and genius has failed to attain this primary object of the poet , it has failed to produce a fine poem ...
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... once delight and horror on us seize , Thou sing'st with so much gravity and ease ; And above human flight dost soar aloft With plume so strong , so equal , and so soft : The bird , named from that Paradise you sing , So never flags ...
... once delight and horror on us seize , Thou sing'st with so much gravity and ease ; And above human flight dost soar aloft With plume so strong , so equal , and so soft : The bird , named from that Paradise you sing , So never flags ...
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