Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumen1D. Appleton, 1860 - 568 páginas |
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... Milton , the poet , the statesman , the philosopher , the glory of English litera- ture , the champion and the martyr of English liberty . It is by his poetry that Milton is best known ; and it is of his poetry that we wish first to ...
... Milton , the poet , the statesman , the philosopher , the glory of English litera- ture , the champion and the martyr of English liberty . It is by his poetry that Milton is best known ; and it is of his poetry that we wish first to ...
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... Milton , it is said , inherited what his predecessors created ; he lived in an enlightened age ; he received a finished education ; and we must , therefore , if we would form a just estimate of his powers , make large deduc- tions for ...
... Milton , it is said , inherited what his predecessors created ; he lived in an enlightened age ; he received a finished education ; and we must , therefore , if we would form a just estimate of his powers , make large deduc- tions for ...
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... refer all human actions to self- interest , like Helvetius , or he may never think about the matter at all . His creed on such subjects will no more VOL . I. - 2 influence his poetry , properly so called , than the MILTON . 13.
... refer all human actions to self- interest , like Helvetius , or he may never think about the matter at all . His creed on such subjects will no more VOL . I. - 2 influence his poetry , properly so called , than the MILTON . 13.
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... , and the shades of probability more and more distinct , the hues and lineaments of the phantoms which it calls up grow * See the Dialogue between Socrates and Io . fainter and fainter . We cannot unite the incompatible ad MILTON . 15.
... , and the shades of probability more and more distinct , the hues and lineaments of the phantoms which it calls up grow * See the Dialogue between Socrates and Io . fainter and fainter . We cannot unite the incompatible ad MILTON . 15.
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... Milton . He received a learned education . He was a profound and elegant classical scholar : he had studied all the mysteries of Rabbinical literature : he was intimately acquainted with every language of modern Europe , from which ...
... Milton . He received a learned education . He was a profound and elegant classical scholar : he had studied all the mysteries of Rabbinical literature : he was intimately acquainted with every language of modern Europe , from which ...
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