Lectures on the Dramatic Literature of the Age of Elizabeth: Delivered at the Surrey Institution |
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... to Milton ' s Il Penseroso . “ Hence , vain deluding joys , The brood of folly
without father bred ! . . . . But hail , thou Goddess , sage and holy , Hail , divinest
melancholy , Whose saintly visage is too bright To hit the sense of human sight ...
... to Milton ' s Il Penseroso . “ Hence , vain deluding joys , The brood of folly
without father bred ! . . . . But hail , thou Goddess , sage and holy , Hail , divinest
melancholy , Whose saintly visage is too bright To hit the sense of human sight ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Lectures on the Dramatic Literature of the Age of Elizabeth: Delivered at the Surrey Institution |
| Author | William Hazlitt |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | J. Warren, 1821 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 12 Jul 2007 |
| Length | 356 pages |
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