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Page iii
... means of luminous critical and explanatory notes , within the comprehension of his humblest countrymen , and at a price which will enable all to become possessed of them ; -in fine , to do justice to the fame of the greatest epic poet ...
... means of luminous critical and explanatory notes , within the comprehension of his humblest countrymen , and at a price which will enable all to become possessed of them ; -in fine , to do justice to the fame of the greatest epic poet ...
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... means nothing but a repugnance to the observation of those petty formalities and rules which irritate and insult great minds ; it is absurd to construe it to have been corporal punishment . He retired to his father's villa at Horton ...
... means nothing but a repugnance to the observation of those petty formalities and rules which irritate and insult great minds ; it is absurd to construe it to have been corporal punishment . He retired to his father's villa at Horton ...
Page xxii
... means those gardens of elaborate artifice and extravagance , of which Bacon has given a description ; some of which ... mean time , it is to be remembered that there were other great bards , and of the romantic class , who sang in such ...
... means those gardens of elaborate artifice and extravagance , of which Bacon has given a description ; some of which ... mean time , it is to be remembered that there were other great bards , and of the romantic class , who sang in such ...
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... means , that these ancient kings , which were once the themes of the British bards , should now again be celebrated in verse . Milton , in his " Church Government , " written in 1641 , says that , after the example of Tasso , " it haply ...
... means , that these ancient kings , which were once the themes of the British bards , should now again be celebrated in verse . Milton , in his " Church Government , " written in 1641 , says that , after the example of Tasso , " it haply ...
Page xxvii
... means of a congenial spirit , should be the first who copied Comus ' or ' Il Penseroso . ' But Pope was a gleaner of the old English poets ; and he was here pilfering from obsolete English poetry , with- out the least fear or danger of ...
... means of a congenial spirit , should be the first who copied Comus ' or ' Il Penseroso . ' But Pope was a gleaner of the old English poets ; and he was here pilfering from obsolete English poetry , with- out the least fear or danger of ...
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