The Poetical Works of John MiltonJ. R. Osgood, 1874 |
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Page 109
... . " Now , Milton's Paradise Lost , published in 1667 , and introducing Blank Verse for the first time on a large scale into English Poetry for epic or narrative purposes , must have been an innovation Notes to Preliminary Matter . 109.
... . " Now , Milton's Paradise Lost , published in 1667 , and introducing Blank Verse for the first time on a large scale into English Poetry for epic or narrative purposes , must have been an innovation Notes to Preliminary Matter . 109.
Page 111
... English in his translation of the Second and Fourth Books of the Æneid , written before 1547 , though not published till 1557. He passes over likewise Surrey's immediate English successors in the practice of Blank Verse even in non ...
... English in his translation of the Second and Fourth Books of the Æneid , written before 1547 , though not published till 1557. He passes over likewise Surrey's immediate English successors in the practice of Blank Verse even in non ...
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... English , of ancient liberty recovered to heroic poem from the troublesome and modern bondage of riming . " In other words , Milton regarded himself as the first to apply English Blank Verse to a great epic subject and to show how the ...
... English , of ancient liberty recovered to heroic poem from the troublesome and modern bondage of riming . " In other words , Milton regarded himself as the first to apply English Blank Verse to a great epic subject and to show how the ...
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... English eyes , but even " the good judgment also of the best that write in these days in Italy ; " and namely of that worthy Felice Figlinecio , who , writing upon . " Aristotle's Ethics so excellently in Italian as never did yet any ...
... English eyes , but even " the good judgment also of the best that write in these days in Italy ; " and namely of that worthy Felice Figlinecio , who , writing upon . " Aristotle's Ethics so excellently in Italian as never did yet any ...
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... English , but occasional in Latin - the thing received in exchange being put first . 254. " The mind is its own place , " & c . This is a memorable line for grammatical as well as for other reasons - being one of the only three places ...
... English , but occasional in Latin - the thing received in exchange being put first . 254. " The mind is its own place , " & c . This is a memorable line for grammatical as well as for other reasons - being one of the only three places ...
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