Milton Criticism: Selections from Four CenturiesJames Thorpe Octagon Books, 1966 - 376 pages |
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... speak himself , but throw as much of his work as he can into the mouths of those who are his principal actors . Aristotle has given no reason for this precept ; but I presume it is because the mind of the reader is more awed and ...
... speak himself , but throw as much of his work as he can into the mouths of those who are his principal actors . Aristotle has given no reason for this precept ; but I presume it is because the mind of the reader is more awed and ...
Page 124
... speaks of , in a letter to Milton , as “ a certain Doric deli- cacy in your songs and odes , whereunto I must plainly confess to have seen yet nothing parallel in our language . " There are poems , and good poems among the number , writ ...
... speaks of , in a letter to Milton , as “ a certain Doric deli- cacy in your songs and odes , whereunto I must plainly confess to have seen yet nothing parallel in our language . " There are poems , and good poems among the number , writ ...
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... speaks of Dalila as That specious monster , my accomplished snare- something of this double sense resides in both epithets . In two words we are told that Dalila was both beautiful and deceit- ful , that she was skilled in the ...
... speaks of Dalila as That specious monster , my accomplished snare- something of this double sense resides in both epithets . In two words we are told that Dalila was both beautiful and deceit- ful , that she was skilled in the ...
Contents
Preface | 3 |
Joseph Addison six Spectator PAPERS ON Paradise Lost | 23 |
Jonathan Richardson EXPLANATORY NOTES AND REMARKS | 54 |
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