Milton Criticism: Selections from Four CenturiesJames Thorpe Octagon Books, 1966 - 376 pages |
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... language , and giving it a poetical turn , is to make use of the idioms of other tongues . Virgil is full of the Greek forms of speech , which the critics call Hellen- isms , as Horace in his Odes abounds with them , much more than ...
... language , and giving it a poetical turn , is to make use of the idioms of other tongues . Virgil is full of the Greek forms of speech , which the critics call Hellen- isms , as Horace in his Odes abounds with them , much more than ...
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... language , and with which Milton has so very much enriched , and in some places darkened , the lan- guage of his poem , was the more proper for his use , because his poem is written in blank verse . Rhyme , without any other assistance ...
... language , and with which Milton has so very much enriched , and in some places darkened , the lan- guage of his poem , was the more proper for his use , because his poem is written in blank verse . Rhyme , without any other assistance ...
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... language . This novelty has been , by those who can find nothing wrong with Milton , imputed to his laborious endeavours after words suited to the grandeur of his ideas . Our language , says Addison , sunk under him . But the truth is ...
... language . This novelty has been , by those who can find nothing wrong with Milton , imputed to his laborious endeavours after words suited to the grandeur of his ideas . Our language , says Addison , sunk under him . But the truth is ...
Contents
Preface | 3 |
Joseph Addison six Spectator PAPERS ON Paradise Lost | 23 |
Jonathan Richardson EXPLANATORY NOTES AND REMARKS | 54 |
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