Milton Criticism: Selections from Four CenturiesJames Thorpe |
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... Ovid and Lucan have many poornesses of expression upon this account , as taking up with the first phrases that offered , without putting them- selves to the trouble of looking after such as would not only be natural , but also elevated ...
... Ovid and Lucan have many poornesses of expression upon this account , as taking up with the first phrases that offered , without putting them- selves to the trouble of looking after such as would not only be natural , but also elevated ...
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... Ovid , and Manilius . If Milton's " unhuman " fable and unlocalized setting invite austere grandeur of treatment , he achieves passionate warmth and organic unity through his profound concern with “ man , the heart of man , and human ...
... Ovid , and Manilius . If Milton's " unhuman " fable and unlocalized setting invite austere grandeur of treatment , he achieves passionate warmth and organic unity through his profound concern with “ man , the heart of man , and human ...
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... Ovid was professedly Milton's model for lan- guage and versification . They are not , however , a perpetual and uniform tissue of Ovidian phraseology . With Ovid in view , he has an original manner and character of his own , which ...
... Ovid was professedly Milton's model for lan- guage and versification . They are not , however , a perpetual and uniform tissue of Ovidian phraseology . With Ovid in view , he has an original manner and character of his own , which ...
Contents
Preface | 3 |
Joseph Addison six Spectator PAPERS ON Paradise Lost | 23 |
Jonathan Richardson EXPLANATORY NOTES AND REMARKS | 54 |
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