The Life of Milton: In Three Parts. To which are Added, Conjectures on the Origin of Paradise Lost: with an Appendix. By William Hayley, EsqT. Cadell, junior, and W. Davies, (successors to Mr. Cadell), 1796 - 328 páginas |
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... poet of reafon rather than of fancy ; but I apprehend his choice was influenced by an idea ( I believe a mistaken idea ) that moral fatire is the fpecies of poetry by which a poet of modern times may render the greatest service to ...
... poet of reafon rather than of fancy ; but I apprehend his choice was influenced by an idea ( I believe a mistaken idea ) that moral fatire is the fpecies of poetry by which a poet of modern times may render the greatest service to ...
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... poet of morality , I rejoice in recollecting , that you are on the point of making him confiderable amends , and of ful ... poetry and his moral character , to speak of that fupercilious prelate without catching fome portion of his own ...
... poet of morality , I rejoice in recollecting , that you are on the point of making him confiderable amends , and of ful ... poetry and his moral character , to speak of that fupercilious prelate without catching fome portion of his own ...
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... poet , has affixed the name of Milton to a portrait and a poem that do not belong to him . Though my work has been executed in a retired village of England , my enquiries have extended far beyond the limits of our own country , by the ...
... poet , has affixed the name of Milton to a portrait and a poem that do not belong to him . Though my work has been executed in a retired village of England , my enquiries have extended far beyond the limits of our own country , by the ...
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... poetry , which my excellent friend has finish- ed with such care and felicity , that even from the separate fpecimens of it , with which this life is embellished , you , my dear Warton , and every delicate judge of poetry , will , I am ...
... poetry , which my excellent friend has finish- ed with such care and felicity , that even from the separate fpecimens of it , with which this life is embellished , you , my dear Warton , and every delicate judge of poetry , will , I am ...
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... poetry , have endeavoured to weigh his merits ex- actly in the balance of truth and reason . What new light then can be thrown upon a life , whofe incidents have been fo eagerly collected , and fo frequently retailed ? What novelty of ...
... poetry , have endeavoured to weigh his merits ex- actly in the balance of truth and reason . What new light then can be thrown upon a life , whofe incidents have been fo eagerly collected , and fo frequently retailed ? What novelty of ...
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