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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... Homer , if there wants that delicacy in some of his sentiments , which now appears in the works of men of a much inferior genius . Besides , if there are blemishes in any particular thoughts , there is an infinite beauty in the greatest ...
... Homer , if there wants that delicacy in some of his sentiments , which now appears in the works of men of a much inferior genius . Besides , if there are blemishes in any particular thoughts , there is an infinite beauty in the greatest ...
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... Homer . Milton's chief talent , and , indeed , his distinguishing excel- lence , lies in the sublimity of his thoughts . There are others of the moderns who rival him in every other part of poetry ; but in the greatness of his ...
... Homer . Milton's chief talent , and , indeed , his distinguishing excel- lence , lies in the sublimity of his thoughts . There are others of the moderns who rival him in every other part of poetry ; but in the greatness of his ...
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... Homer has opened a great field of raillery to men of more delicacy than greatness of genius , by the homeliness of some of his sentiments . But , as I have before said , these are rather to be imputed to the simplicity of the age in ...
... Homer has opened a great field of raillery to men of more delicacy than greatness of genius , by the homeliness of some of his sentiments . But , as I have before said , these are rather to be imputed to the simplicity of the age in ...
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Joseph Addison SIX Spectator PAPERS ON Paradise Lost | 23 |
Jonathan Richardson EXPLANATORY NOTES AND REMARKS | 54 |
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