The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors, Volume 2C. and J. Rivington; J. Cuthell; J. Nunn; J. and W.T. Clarke; Longman and Company; ... [and 17 others], 1826 |
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... with such a variety of circumstances , that I have taken as much pleasure in reading the contents of his book , as in the best invented story I ever met with . It is possible that the traditions , on X PARADISE LOST .
... with such a variety of circumstances , that I have taken as much pleasure in reading the contents of his book , as in the best invented story I ever met with . It is possible that the traditions , on X PARADISE LOST .
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... circumstances in them , than the history of the Fall of Man , as it is related in Scripture . Besides , it was easier for Homer and Virgil to dash the truth with fiction , as they were in no danger of offending the religion of their ...
... circumstances in them , than the history of the Fall of Man , as it is related in Scripture . Besides , it was easier for Homer and Virgil to dash the truth with fiction , as they were in no danger of offending the religion of their ...
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... circumstances in that divine work . roick poems , particularly in the Dispensary and in the Lutrin , several allegorical persons of this nature ; which are very beauti- ful ... circumstance in the principal actors of the PARADISE LOST . XV.
... circumstances in that divine work . roick poems , particularly in the Dispensary and in the Lutrin , several allegorical persons of this nature ; which are very beauti- ful ... circumstance in the principal actors of the PARADISE LOST . XV.
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With Notes of Various Authors John Milton. There is another circumstance in the principal actors of the Iliad and Eneid , which gives a peculiar beauty to those two poems , and was therefore contrived with very great judgement . I mean ...
With Notes of Various Authors John Milton. There is another circumstance in the principal actors of the Iliad and Eneid , which gives a peculiar beauty to those two poems , and was therefore contrived with very great judgement . I mean ...
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... descended from them ; and none but a poet of the most unbounded invention , and the most exquisite judgement , could have filled their conver- sation and behaviour with so many apt circumstances during their xviii PARADISE LOST .
... descended from them ; and none but a poet of the most unbounded invention , and the most exquisite judgement , could have filled their conver- sation and behaviour with so many apt circumstances during their xviii PARADISE LOST .
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