The Life of John MiltonG. and W. B. Whittaker, 1970 - 490 pages |
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Page 114
... poetic fancy , let their poetic creator be born within the arctic circle or under the line ; and , retaining in its full extent their power of pleasing , they would thus be able to accomplish the prime end of poetry , and consequently ...
... poetic fancy , let their poetic creator be born within the arctic circle or under the line ; and , retaining in its full extent their power of pleasing , they would thus be able to accomplish the prime end of poetry , and consequently ...
Page 132
... poetic studies , and his poetic audience ) " again in a still time when there shall be no chiding " . " Milton was a student and a poet by the strong and almost irresistible impulse of his nature : he was a polemic only on the rigid ...
... poetic studies , and his poetic audience ) " again in a still time when there shall be no chiding " . " Milton was a student and a poet by the strong and almost irresistible impulse of his nature : he was a polemic only on the rigid ...
Page 417
... poetic . Its delineation of charac- ter , though not various , is discriminate and true ; its sentiments are uniformly weighty and digni- fied ; its diction is severe , exquisite , and sublime ; and over the whole is thrown an awful and ...
... poetic . Its delineation of charac- ter , though not various , is discriminate and true ; its sentiments are uniformly weighty and digni- fied ; its diction is severe , exquisite , and sublime ; and over the whole is thrown an awful and ...
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