Remarks on the Character and Writings of John Milton: Occasioned by the Publication of His Lately Discovered Treatise on Christian DoctrineB. Perkins, 1828 - 116 sider |
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... readers of this Treatise , naturally heightens our in- terest in it ; for we seem in this way to be ง brought nearer to the author , and to sustain the same relation which his cotemporaries bore to his writings . The work opens with a ...
... readers of this Treatise , naturally heightens our in- terest in it ; for we seem in this way to be ง brought nearer to the author , and to sustain the same relation which his cotemporaries bore to his writings . The work opens with a ...
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... reading , Milton's eminence in this sphere may be considered only as giving him a high rank among the contribu- tors to public amusement . Not so thought Milton . Of all God's gifts of intellect , he esteemed poetical genius the most ...
... reading , Milton's eminence in this sphere may be considered only as giving him a high rank among the contribu- tors to public amusement . Not so thought Milton . Of all God's gifts of intellect , he esteemed poetical genius the most ...
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... reader to clothe them with the same radiant hues under which they ap- peared to his own . This attribute of power is universally felt to characterize Milton . His sublimity is in every man's mouth . Is it felt that his poet- ry breathes ...
... reader to clothe them with the same radiant hues under which they ap- peared to his own . This attribute of power is universally felt to characterize Milton . His sublimity is in every man's mouth . Is it felt that his poet- ry breathes ...
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... reader with a form which can hardly be effaced . ' Thus Satan , talking to his nearest mate With head uplift above the wave , and eyes That sparkling blazed , his other parts besides Prone on the flood , extended long and large , Lay ...
... reader with a form which can hardly be effaced . ' Thus Satan , talking to his nearest mate With head uplift above the wave , and eyes That sparkling blazed , his other parts besides Prone on the flood , extended long and large , Lay ...
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... readers . We know that simplicity and perspicuity are im- portant qualities of style ; but there are vast- ly nobler and more important ones ; such as energy and richness , and in these Milton is not surpassed . The best style is not ...
... readers . We know that simplicity and perspicuity are im- portant qualities of style ; but there are vast- ly nobler and more important ones ; such as energy and richness , and in these Milton is not surpassed . The best style is not ...
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