The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author, Volume 7J. Johnson, 1806 |
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... language are considered , and it is recollected that even Dawes , the most accurate Grecian , per- haps , whom this Island , till the present day , has ever produced , and the great sir William Jones have not , in every instance , been ...
... language are considered , and it is recollected that even Dawes , the most accurate Grecian , per- haps , whom this Island , till the present day , has ever produced , and the great sir William Jones have not , in every instance , been ...
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... produced some other small pieces of poetry in his native language , which are all distin- guished by beauties and faults , and disco- ver strong power with an unformed taste . When in LIFE OF MILTON . 41 The hooked chariot stood, ...
... produced some other small pieces of poetry in his native language , which are all distin- guished by beauties and faults , and disco- ver strong power with an unformed taste . When in LIFE OF MILTON . 41 The hooked chariot stood, ...
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... language ) in some graver subject use , Such as may make thee search thy coffers round , Before thou clothe my faney in fit sound : Such where the deep transported mind may soar Above the wheeling poles , and at Heaven's door Look in ...
... language ) in some graver subject use , Such as may make thee search thy coffers round , Before thou clothe my faney in fit sound : Such where the deep transported mind may soar Above the wheeling poles , and at Heaven's door Look in ...
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... language ; and , with the privilege , as with the ease of a native , assumes his station in their ranks . For fluency and sweetness of numbers ; for command and purity of expression ; for variety and cor- rectness of imagery , we shall ...
... language ; and , with the privilege , as with the ease of a native , assumes his station in their ranks . For fluency and sweetness of numbers ; for command and purity of expression ; for variety and cor- rectness of imagery , we shall ...
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... language with the most perfect mastery , and , without wishing , like Cowley , to compel it to any unclassical service , employs it as an obedient instru- ment . Of these poems , which are nearly equal in merit , the fifth , written in ...
... language with the most perfect mastery , and , without wishing , like Cowley , to compel it to any unclassical service , employs it as an obedient instru- ment . Of these poems , which are nearly equal in merit , the fifth , written in ...
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