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... lines , he will , I suggest , be disposed to regard the rest of the poem as alluding not merely to scenes of reflective solitude that the Melancholy Man enjoys , but to moments of creative solitude that provide fitting inspiration for ...
... lines , he will , I suggest , be disposed to regard the rest of the poem as alluding not merely to scenes of reflective solitude that the Melancholy Man enjoys , but to moments of creative solitude that provide fitting inspiration for ...
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... lines ( 53-68 ) which should have followed line 114.43 Graves seeks to justify this totally unjustifiable suggestion on two grounds : first , that Milton forgot , when he represented himself as ' walking not unseen ' in line 57 , that ...
... lines ( 53-68 ) which should have followed line 114.43 Graves seeks to justify this totally unjustifiable suggestion on two grounds : first , that Milton forgot , when he represented himself as ' walking not unseen ' in line 57 , that ...
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... lines that follow : The hungry Judges soon the Sentence sign , And wretches hang that Jury - men may Dine ; The Merchant from th ' Exchange returns in Peace , And the long Labours of the Toilette cease . ( III . 21-4 ) These lines have ...
... lines that follow : The hungry Judges soon the Sentence sign , And wretches hang that Jury - men may Dine ; The Merchant from th ' Exchange returns in Peace , And the long Labours of the Toilette cease . ( III . 21-4 ) These lines have ...
Contents
Lycidas | 28 |
The Rape of the Lock | 50 |
An Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot | 81 |
Copyright | |
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