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John Mitford David Masson. 1 1 1 PREFACE TO THE NOTES . The chief
commentators and annotators.
John Mitford David Masson. 1 1 1 PREFACE TO THE NOTES . The chief
commentators and annotators.
Page 101
The chief commentators and annotators on Paradise Lost have been mentioned
in our Introduction to the Poem ; but it may be well here to present a conspectus
of them :1695. P. H. PilotoLÝTNS : i.e. PATRICK HUME ( see Introd . p . 21 ) .
The chief commentators and annotators on Paradise Lost have been mentioned
in our Introduction to the Poem ; but it may be well here to present a conspectus
of them :1695. P. H. PilotoLÝTNS : i.e. PATRICK HUME ( see Introd . p . 21 ) .
Page 102
... from other commentators , especially Bishop Newton , but that , after all , he
could not be called " a servile copier , " but on the contrary impressed one with
respect for his “ erudition and judgment , ” and his laborious devotedness to his
task .
... from other commentators , especially Bishop Newton , but that , after all , he
could not be called " a servile copier , " but on the contrary impressed one with
respect for his “ erudition and judgment , ” and his laborious devotedness to his
task .
Page 104
No commentator on Paradise Lost has surpassed the first one - Patrick Hume ,
pilotolumnsin the industry with which he ... The notes of previous commentators
are , in short , in many cases , mere indications to a new editor of the points at ...
No commentator on Paradise Lost has surpassed the first one - Patrick Hume ,
pilotolumnsin the industry with which he ... The notes of previous commentators
are , in short , in many cases , mere indications to a new editor of the points at ...
Page 105
It has been my principle , however , consistently with this plan , to recognise as
constantly and minutely as I could the duty of ascribing to preceding
commentators all that belongs to them . Wherever a comment has seemed to me
peculiarly ...
It has been my principle , however , consistently with this plan , to recognise as
constantly and minutely as I could the duty of ascribing to preceding
commentators all that belongs to them . Wherever a comment has seemed to me
peculiarly ...
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