Milton Criticism: Selections from Four CenturiesJames Thorpe Rinehart, 1950 - 376 páginas This book is an invitation to the reading of Milton. The major portion of the volumes consists of sixteen extended essays and studies from the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries." -- Preface. |
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... perfect and consummate virtue falls into a misfor- tune , it raises our pity , but not our terror , because we do not fear that it may be our own case , who do not resemble the suffering person . But ( as that great philosopher adds ) ...
... perfect and consummate virtue falls into a misfor- tune , it raises our pity , but not our terror , because we do not fear that it may be our own case , who do not resemble the suffering person . But ( as that great philosopher adds ) ...
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... perfect in the epic way of writing , because it is filled with less action . Let the judicious reader compare what Longinus has observed on several passages in Homer , and he will find parallels for most of them in the Paradise Lost ...
... perfect in the epic way of writing , because it is filled with less action . Let the judicious reader compare what Longinus has observed on several passages in Homer , and he will find parallels for most of them in the Paradise Lost ...
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... perfect and ready assimilation some bulk and distention are necessary in language as in diet . Now the study of Milton , if it teaches anything , teaches to discard and abhor all superfluity . He who models himself upon this master will ...
... perfect and ready assimilation some bulk and distention are necessary in language as in diet . Now the study of Milton , if it teaches anything , teaches to discard and abhor all superfluity . He who models himself upon this master will ...
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Preface | 3 |
Joseph Addison Six Spectator PAPERS ON Paradise Lost | 23 |
Jonathan Richardson EXPLANATORY NOTES AND REMARKS | 54 |
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