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Cowley , with all his admirable wit and ingenuity , had little imagination ; nor indeed do we think his classical diction comparable to that of Milton . The authority of Johnson is against us on this point . But Johnson had studied the ...
Cowley , with all his admirable wit and ingenuity , had little imagination ; nor indeed do we think his classical diction comparable to that of Milton . The authority of Johnson is against us on this point . But Johnson had studied the ...
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The only poem of modern times which can be compared with the Paradise Lost , is the Divine Comedy . The sub- ject of Milton , in some points , resembled that of Dante ; but he has treated it in a widely different manner .
The only poem of modern times which can be compared with the Paradise Lost , is the Divine Comedy . The sub- ject of Milton , in some points , resembled that of Dante ; but he has treated it in a widely different manner .
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... clothe the thoughts of a pander in the style of a bellman , were now the favourite writers of the sovereign and the public . It was a loathesome herd - which could be compared to nothing so fitly as to the rabble of Comus , MILTON .
... clothe the thoughts of a pander in the style of a bellman , were now the favourite writers of the sovereign and the public . It was a loathesome herd - which could be compared to nothing so fitly as to the rabble of Comus , MILTON .
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No action of James can be compared for wickedness and impudence to the con- duct of Charles with respect to the Petition of Right . The lords and commons present him with a bill in which the constitutional limits of his power are marked ...
No action of James can be compared for wickedness and impudence to the con- duct of Charles with respect to the Petition of Right . The lords and commons present him with a bill in which the constitutional limits of his power are marked ...
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A newly- liberated people may be compared to a northern army en- camped on the Rhine or the Xeres . It is said that , when soldiers in such a situation first find themselves able to in- dulge without restraint in such a rare and ...
A newly- liberated people may be compared to a northern army en- camped on the Rhine or the Xeres . It is said that , when soldiers in such a situation first find themselves able to in- dulge without restraint in such a rare and ...
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