The lives of the most eminent English poets, with critical observations on their works, Volum 1G. Walker, J. Akerman, E. Edwards, W. Robinson and Sons, Liverpool, E. Thomson, Manchester, J. Noble, Hull, J. Wilson, Berwick, W. Whyte and Company, Edinburgh, and R. Griffin and Company, Glasgow, 1820 |
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... tragedy . It may be affirmed , without any encomiastic fer- vour , that he brought to his poetic labours a mind replete with learning , and that his pages are embel- lished with all the ornaments which books could supply ; that he was ...
... tragedy . It may be affirmed , without any encomiastic fer- vour , that he brought to his poetic labours a mind replete with learning , and that his pages are embel- lished with all the ornaments which books could supply ; that he was ...
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... tragedy , beginning with the first ten lines of Satan's address to the sun . These mysteries consist of allegorical persons ; such as Justice , Mercy , Faith . Of the tragedy or mys- tery of " Paradise Lost " there are two plans : The ...
... tragedy , beginning with the first ten lines of Satan's address to the sun . These mysteries consist of allegorical persons ; such as Justice , Mercy , Faith . Of the tragedy or mys- tery of " Paradise Lost " there are two plans : The ...
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... tragedy . Voltaire tells a wild and unauthorized story of a farce seen by Milton in Italy , which opened thus : " Let the rainbow be the fiddlestick of the fiddle of heaven . " It has been already shown , that the first conception was ...
... tragedy . Voltaire tells a wild and unauthorized story of a farce seen by Milton in Italy , which opened thus : " Let the rainbow be the fiddlestick of the fiddle of heaven . " It has been already shown , that the first conception was ...
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... tragedy written in imitation of the ancients , and never designed by the author for the stage . As these poems were pub- lished by another bookseller , it has been asked , whether Simmons was discouraged from receiving them by the slow ...
... tragedy written in imitation of the ancients , and never designed by the author for the stage . As these poems were pub- lished by another bookseller , it has been asked , whether Simmons was discouraged from receiving them by the slow ...
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... tragedies , with their en- cumbrance of a chorus , to the exhibitions of the French and English stages ; and it is only by a blind ... tragedy are however many particular beauties , many just sentiments and striking lines ; but MILTON . 169.
... tragedies , with their en- cumbrance of a chorus , to the exhibitions of the French and English stages ; and it is only by a blind ... tragedy are however many particular beauties , many just sentiments and striking lines ; but MILTON . 169.
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