The Life of John MiltonNichols and Son, 1806 - 566 pages |
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Page 40
... word , which the nicest critic would wish to be expelled . No war or battle's sound Was heard the world around : The idle spear and shield were high uphung . The hooked chariot stood , Unstain'd with hostile blood : 40 LIFE OF MILTON .
... word , which the nicest critic would wish to be expelled . No war or battle's sound Was heard the world around : The idle spear and shield were high uphung . The hooked chariot stood , Unstain'd with hostile blood : 40 LIFE OF MILTON .
Page 58
... , from the black letter critics , to all the readers of taste , From old Bellerium to the northern main , from the Land's End to John - a - Grot's house . L represented by the lady Alice Egerton , then about thirteen 58 LIFE OF MILTON .
... , from the black letter critics , to all the readers of taste , From old Bellerium to the northern main , from the Land's End to John - a - Grot's house . L represented by the lady Alice Egerton , then about thirteen 58 LIFE OF MILTON .
Page 104
... critics ; and for any affected and forced thoughts , which may be distinguish- able in them , the character of the Italian taste , at that time , may be admitted as an apology . One of these short pieces , as ex- hibiting a picture of ...
... critics ; and for any affected and forced thoughts , which may be distinguish- able in them , the character of the Italian taste , at that time , may be admitted as an apology . One of these short pieces , as ex- hibiting a picture of ...
Page 129
... critic . " It is written , " as it has been dogmatically , and , I think , ig- norantly observed , " with the common but childish affectation of pastoral life ; " and this has been excused " as the fault of the 66 poet's age ; " and as ...
... critic . " It is written , " as it has been dogmatically , and , I think , ig- norantly observed , " with the common but childish affectation of pastoral life ; " and this has been excused " as the fault of the 66 poet's age ; " and as ...
Page 169
... critic ear shall judge , nor I recite in vain . The reader need not be informed that , in these lines , Mil- ton alludes to his ode on Christ's nativity . The expressions , in italics , are borrowed from the ode . scious of his own ...
... critic ear shall judge , nor I recite in vain . The reader need not be informed that , in these lines , Mil- ton alludes to his ode on Christ's nativity . The expressions , in italics , are borrowed from the ode . scious of his own ...
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