The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volumen 6F.C. and J. Rivington, 1823 |
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... Epick poems have been left unfinished by Virgil , Statius , Spenser , and Cowley . That we have not the whole Davideis is , however , not much to be regretted ; for in this undertaking Cowley is , tacitly at least , confessed to have ...
... Epick poems have been left unfinished by Virgil , Statius , Spenser , and Cowley . That we have not the whole Davideis is , however , not much to be regretted ; for in this undertaking Cowley is , tacitly at least , confessed to have ...
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... Epick poems commonly supply . The plan of the whole work is very imperfectly shewn by the third part . The duration of an unfinished action cannot be known . Of characters , either not yet introduced , or shewn but upon few occasions ...
... Epick poems commonly supply . The plan of the whole work is very imperfectly shewn by the third part . The duration of an unfinished action cannot be known . Of characters , either not yet introduced , or shewn but upon few occasions ...
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... have resumed three great works which he had planned for his future employment ; an epick poem , the history of his country , and a dictionary of the Latin tongue . To collect a dictionary , seems a work of all 114 MILTON .
... have resumed three great works which he had planned for his future employment ; an epick poem , the history of his country , and a dictionary of the Latin tongue . To collect a dictionary , seems a work of all 114 MILTON .
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... epick poem , after much deli- beration , long chusing , and beginning late , he fixed upon Paradise Lost ; a design so comprehensive , that it could be justified only by success . He had once designed to celebrate King Arthur , as he ...
... epick poem , after much deli- beration , long chusing , and beginning late , he fixed upon Paradise Lost ; a design so comprehensive , that it could be justified only by success . He had once designed to celebrate King Arthur , as he ...
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... epick poetry . When the morning comes , a morning gloomy with rain and wind , he walks into the dark trackless woods * , falls asleep by some murmuring water , and with melan- choly enthusiasm expects some dream of prognostica- tion ...
... epick poetry . When the morning comes , a morning gloomy with rain and wind , he walks into the dark trackless woods * , falls asleep by some murmuring water , and with melan- choly enthusiasm expects some dream of prognostica- tion ...
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