Biographical Sketches of Eminent British Poets, Chronologically Arranged from Chaucer to Burns: With Criticisms on Their Works, Selected from the Most Distinguished Writersdirection of the Commissioners of National Education in Ireland, 1851 - 508 páginas |
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... Milton , John , 156 • Browne , William , 119 • More , Hannah , 430 • Bruce , Michael , 425 Parnell , Thomas , 267 Burns , Robert , 473 Pope , Alexander ,. 288 Chatterton , Thomas , 444 Prior , Matthew , 218 • Chaucer , Geoffrey , . 1 ...
... Milton , John , 156 • Browne , William , 119 • More , Hannah , 430 • Bruce , Michael , 425 Parnell , Thomas , 267 Burns , Robert , 473 Pope , Alexander ,. 288 Chatterton , Thomas , 444 Prior , Matthew , 218 • Chaucer , Geoffrey , . 1 ...
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... Milton . His birth and parentage have not been clearly traced by his biographers . In his " Testa- ment of Love , " one of his prose works , he states that he was born in London ; and according to the inscription on his tomb , that ...
... Milton . His birth and parentage have not been clearly traced by his biographers . In his " Testa- ment of Love , " one of his prose works , he states that he was born in London ; and according to the inscription on his tomb , that ...
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... Milton ; and Shakspeare alone has equalled him in variety and versatility of genius . In no other country has any writer effected so much with a half formed language : retaining what was popular , and reject- ing what was barbarous , he ...
... Milton ; and Shakspeare alone has equalled him in variety and versatility of genius . In no other country has any writer effected so much with a half formed language : retaining what was popular , and reject- ing what was barbarous , he ...
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... Milton , only with the highest . The characteristic of Chaucer is intensity ; of Spenser , re- moteness of Milton , elevation ; of Shakspeare , every thing . " Leigh Hunt , in one of those charming Essays on the Poets with which he has ...
... Milton , only with the highest . The characteristic of Chaucer is intensity ; of Spenser , re- moteness of Milton , elevation ; of Shakspeare , every thing . " Leigh Hunt , in one of those charming Essays on the Poets with which he has ...
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... Milton's are more scholarly and formal . Chaucer excels in pathos , in humour , in satire , character , and description . His graphic faculty , and healthy sense of the material , strongly ally him to the painter ; and perhaps a better ...
... Milton's are more scholarly and formal . Chaucer excels in pathos , in humour , in satire , character , and description . His graphic faculty , and healthy sense of the material , strongly ally him to the painter ; and perhaps a better ...
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