Lives of sacred poets, Volumen 2J.W. Parker, 1838 - 363 páginas |
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... Lost ; and the admirer of our great Epic will attain to a livelier perception of its beauties , after a careful examination of the poet's prede- cessors . The characteristic qualities of the sacred poetry of the six- teenth and ...
... Lost ; and the admirer of our great Epic will attain to a livelier perception of its beauties , after a careful examination of the poet's prede- cessors . The characteristic qualities of the sacred poetry of the six- teenth and ...
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... Lost , a design , observes Johnson , so comprehensive , that it could be justified only by success . But these occupa- tions did not engross his whole attention . He found leisure to edit a manuscript of Sir Walter Raleigh , and the ...
... Lost , a design , observes Johnson , so comprehensive , that it could be justified only by success . But these occupa- tions did not engross his whole attention . He found leisure to edit a manuscript of Sir Walter Raleigh , and the ...
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... Lost . " This anecdote seems to determine the time of the poem's completion , although his biographers disagree respecting the exact period of its commencement . Aubrey says that he began it about 66 two years before the king came in ...
... Lost . " This anecdote seems to determine the time of the poem's completion , although his biographers disagree respecting the exact period of its commencement . Aubrey says that he began it about 66 two years before the king came in ...
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... Lost was ready for publication , some difficulty arose in procuring a license ; several passages were objected to , and particularly the simile of the sun eclipsed , in the first book , which was thought to contain a political allusion ...
... Lost was ready for publication , some difficulty arose in procuring a license ; several passages were objected to , and particularly the simile of the sun eclipsed , in the first book , which was thought to contain a political allusion ...
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... Lost forms an epoch in literary history . We have seen it commenced in blind- ness , pursued under many and various difficulties , and completed in solitude and in poverty . The enthusiasm which distinguishes every true poet , assumes ...
... Lost forms an epoch in literary history . We have seen it commenced in blind- ness , pursued under many and various difficulties , and completed in solitude and in poverty . The enthusiasm which distinguishes every true poet , assumes ...
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