The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, 7. köideMitchell, Ames, and White, 1819 |
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... Paradise Lost . The original teller of this tale has not even the praise of invention ; for the history of Surrey had gone before ; and the same story is told of Louis de Puytendre , a Frenchman . It may be found in Todd's Edition of ...
... Paradise Lost . The original teller of this tale has not even the praise of invention ; for the history of Surrey had gone before ; and the same story is told of Louis de Puytendre , a Frenchman . It may be found in Todd's Edition of ...
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... Paradise Lost , which he supposes to approach the Newtonian philosophy , must have been the result of the poet's conversations with Galileo and his followers . * From Florence Milton passed through Sienna , to Rome ; where he remained ...
... Paradise Lost , which he supposes to approach the Newtonian philosophy , must have been the result of the poet's conversations with Galileo and his followers . * From Florence Milton passed through Sienna , to Rome ; where he remained ...
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... Paradise Lost , - which book is his standing topic of argument , - should ever have acted from so mean a motive ; and we are accordingly told , that Milton only submitted to the load of despotism for the good of his coun- try ...
... Paradise Lost , - which book is his standing topic of argument , - should ever have acted from so mean a motive ; and we are accordingly told , that Milton only submitted to the load of despotism for the good of his coun- try ...
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... Paradise Lost . * We might , perhaps , quiet Mr. Godwin's astonish- ment , by suggesting , that these wicked ministers did not probably anticipate the commission of such a political enormity as Paradise Lost . But , why he should be ...
... Paradise Lost . * We might , perhaps , quiet Mr. Godwin's astonish- ment , by suggesting , that these wicked ministers did not probably anticipate the commission of such a political enormity as Paradise Lost . But , why he should be ...
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... loss of sight was a serious impediment to the composition of an epic poem . Homer , we are told , was blind ... Paradise Lost , -how he first conceived the idea , - and what was the original celebrity of the poem , - are three ...
... loss of sight was a serious impediment to the composition of an epic poem . Homer , we are told , was blind ... Paradise Lost , -how he first conceived the idea , - and what was the original celebrity of the poem , - are three ...
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