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... probably escaped me . A number that Mr. Good omits I found in English and American libraries which he may not have consulted , and the same is presumably true of many of those in his list that are not in mine . But , even if we had a ...
... probably escaped me . A number that Mr. Good omits I found in English and American libraries which he may not have consulted , and the same is presumably true of many of those in his list that are not in mine . But , even if we had a ...
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... probably greater than any maga- zine devoted to him on the tercentenary of his birth . Beyond question , the attitude of the eighteenth century was quite unlike our own , so unlike that it is hardly possible for us to con- ceive it ...
... probably greater than any maga- zine devoted to him on the tercentenary of his birth . Beyond question , the attitude of the eighteenth century was quite unlike our own , so unlike that it is hardly possible for us to con- ceive it ...
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... probably referring to these lines - in the preface to his First Book of Fontenoy ( 1784 ?, see Mo. Rev. , lxxi . 95 ) . Sneyd Davies wrote in 1740 ( Rhapsody to Milton , in Whaley's Collection , 1745 , p . 182 ) , Such Thought , such ...
... probably referring to these lines - in the preface to his First Book of Fontenoy ( 1784 ?, see Mo. Rev. , lxxi . 95 ) . Sneyd Davies wrote in 1740 ( Rhapsody to Milton , in Whaley's Collection , 1745 , p . 182 ) , Such Thought , such ...
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... probably not safe to pretend to a knowledge which one did not possess . Even shepherds were observed " poring in the fields " over the epic ; " and a Bristol milkwoman , Ann Yearsley , whose versifying was encour- aged by Hannah More ...
... probably not safe to pretend to a knowledge which one did not possess . Even shepherds were observed " poring in the fields " over the epic ; " and a Bristol milkwoman , Ann Yearsley , whose versifying was encour- aged by Hannah More ...
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... his Poetical Remains , ed . Moultrie , 1852 , pp . iv - v ) . 5 " Milton , " in Lives ( ed . Hill ) , i . 183. Johnson probably refers to the first lines of who , to be sure , was recommending a particular 26 THE INFLUENCE OF MILTON.
... his Poetical Remains , ed . Moultrie , 1852 , pp . iv - v ) . 5 " Milton , " in Lives ( ed . Hill ) , i . 183. Johnson probably refers to the first lines of who , to be sure , was recommending a particular 26 THE INFLUENCE OF MILTON.
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The Influence of Milton on English Poetry, Volume 1 Raymond Dexter Havens Visualização completa - 1922 |
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Página 577 - HAIL, holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born, Or of the eternal co-eternal beam, May I express thee unblamed ? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate.
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