Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumen1D. Appleton, 1860 - 568 páginas |
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... comparable to that of Milton . The authority of Johnson is against us on this point . But Johnson had studied the bad writers of the middle ages till he had become utterly insensible to the Augustan elegance , and was as ill qualified ...
... comparable to that of Milton . The authority of Johnson is against us on this point . But Johnson had studied the bad writers of the middle ages till he had become utterly insensible to the Augustan elegance , and was as ill qualified ...
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... 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 . We cannot , we think , better illustrate our opinion ...
... 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 . We cannot , we think , better illustrate our opinion ...
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... to 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 . 31.
... to 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 . 31.
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... 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 out . He hesitates ; he ...
... 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 out . He hesitates ; he ...
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... 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 expensive luxury , nothing is to be seen ...
... 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 expensive luxury , nothing is to be seen ...
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