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Pàgina xiii
... admirable Preface to Shakespeare , where he imputes it as a fault to the dramatist that he seems to write without any moral purpose , ' and where he complains that he is not always ' careful to show in the virtuous a disapprobation of ...
... admirable Preface to Shakespeare , where he imputes it as a fault to the dramatist that he seems to write without any moral purpose , ' and where he complains that he is not always ' careful to show in the virtuous a disapprobation of ...
Pàgina xx
... to the genuineness of the admiration for Milton professed by ' readers of every class . ' The other method is to nominate a body of men - be its number great or small - whose determination shall settle the XX INTRODUCTION TO.
... to the genuineness of the admiration for Milton professed by ' readers of every class . ' The other method is to nominate a body of men - be its number great or small - whose determination shall settle the XX INTRODUCTION TO.
Pàgina xxiv
... Admirable as these and the like passages are , it is , however , in the life of Milton that Johnson exhibits his polemical power to the greatest advantage . The opportunity was a unique one , and he was not the man to miss it . ' Milton ...
... Admirable as these and the like passages are , it is , however , in the life of Milton that Johnson exhibits his polemical power to the greatest advantage . The opportunity was a unique one , and he was not the man to miss it . ' Milton ...
Pàgina xxxi
... the greatest among ' those incomparable works which . . . will be read and admired so long as the English language shall be spoken or understood . ' J. H. MILLAR . LIVES OF THE POETS COWLEY THE Life of Cowley , THE LIVES OF THE POETS xxxi.
... the greatest among ' those incomparable works which . . . will be read and admired so long as the English language shall be spoken or understood . ' J. H. MILLAR . LIVES OF THE POETS COWLEY THE Life of Cowley , THE LIVES OF THE POETS xxxi.
Pàgina 14
... admiration . Sublimity is produced by aggregation , and littleness by dispersion . Great thoughts are always general , and consist in positions not limited by exceptions , and in descriptions not descending to minuteness . It is with ...
... admiration . Sublimity is produced by aggregation , and littleness by dispersion . Great thoughts are always general , and consist in positions not limited by exceptions , and in descriptions not descending to minuteness . It is with ...
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