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He does not attempt to polish and brighten his composition into the Ciceronian gloss and brilliancy . He does not , in short , sacrifice sense and spirit to pedantic refinements .
He does not attempt to polish and brighten his composition into the Ciceronian gloss and brilliancy . He does not , in short , sacrifice sense and spirit to pedantic refinements .
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It is not our intention to attempt any thing like a com- plete examination of the poetry of Milton . The public has long been agreed as to the merit of the most remarkable passages , the incomparable harmony of the numbers , and the ...
It is not our intention to attempt any thing like a com- plete examination of the poetry of Milton . The public has long been agreed as to the merit of the most remarkable passages , the incomparable harmony of the numbers , and the ...
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The miserable failure of Dryden , in his attempt to rewrite some parts of the Paradise Lost , is a re- markable instance of this . In support of these observations we may remark , that scarcely any passages in the poems of Milton are ...
The miserable failure of Dryden , in his attempt to rewrite some parts of the Paradise Lost , is a re- markable instance of this . In support of these observations we may remark , that scarcely any passages in the poems of Milton are ...
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His portraits of men have a sort of simi- larity ; but it is the similarity , not of a painting , but of a bas - relief . It suggests a resemblance ; but it does not produce an illusion . Euripides attempted to carry the 5 reform ...
His portraits of men have a sort of simi- larity ; but it is the similarity , not of a painting , but of a bas - relief . It suggests a resemblance ; but it does not produce an illusion . Euripides attempted to carry the 5 reform ...
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In the attempt to recon- cile things in their own nature inconsistent , he has failed , as every one must have failed . We cannot identify ourselves with the characters , as in a good play . We cannot identify ourselves with the poet ...
In the attempt to recon- cile things in their own nature inconsistent , he has failed , as every one must have failed . We cannot identify ourselves with the characters , as in a good play . We cannot identify ourselves with the poet ...
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