The Poetical Works of John MiltonJ. R. Osgood, 1874 |
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... things as have been said at the same places by previous commentators . A glance or two into any of the more copious commentaries in succession will verify this remark . No commentator on Paradise Lost has surpassed the first one ...
... things as have been said at the same places by previous commentators . A glance or two into any of the more copious commentaries in succession will verify this remark . No commentator on Paradise Lost has surpassed the first one ...
Page 110
... off wretched matter and lame metre , " and speaks of it as " a thing of itself , to all judicious ears , trivial and of no musical delight , " consisting merely in " the jingling sound of like endings , 110 Notes to Preliminary Matter .
... off wretched matter and lame metre , " and speaks of it as " a thing of itself , to all judicious ears , trivial and of no musical delight , " consisting merely in " the jingling sound of like endings , 110 Notes to Preliminary Matter .
Page 113
... things doth most ' earnestly inveigh against the rude rhyming of verses in that tongue : " and , whensoever he expresseth Aristotle's precepts with any example " out of Homer or Euripides , he translateth them not after the rhymes of ...
... things doth most ' earnestly inveigh against the rude rhyming of verses in that tongue : " and , whensoever he expresseth Aristotle's precepts with any example " out of Homer or Euripides , he translateth them not after the rhymes of ...
Page 115
... Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme . " pointed out , Ariosto , Orl , Fur . , Cant . i . Stanza 2 : - " Cosa non detta in prosa mai nè in rima . " So , as Bentley Rime being the more correct spelling ( from the A.-S. rim ...
... Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme . " pointed out , Ariosto , Orl , Fur . , Cant . i . Stanza 2 : - " Cosa non detta in prosa mai nè in rima . " So , as Bentley Rime being the more correct spelling ( from the A.-S. rim ...
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... 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 in all Milton's poetry ( according to 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 in all Milton's poetry ( according to the ...
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