Remarks on the Character and Writings of John Milton: Occasioned by the Publication of His Lately Discovered Treatise on Christian DoctrineB. Perkins, 1828 - 116 страници |
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... topics . In speaking of the intellectual qualities of Milton , we may begin with observing , that the very splendor of his poetic fame has tended to obscure or conceal the extent of his mind , and the variety of its energies and 1 ...
... topics . In speaking of the intellectual qualities of Milton , we may begin with observing , that the very splendor of his poetic fame has tended to obscure or conceal the extent of his mind , and the variety of its energies and 1 ...
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... topic it would unfold . Milton's fame rests chiefly on his poetry , and to this we naturally give our first atten- tion . By those who are accustomed to speak of poetry as light reading , Milton's eminence in this sphere may be ...
... topic it would unfold . Milton's fame rests chiefly on his poetry , and to this we naturally give our first atten- tion . By those who are accustomed to speak of poetry as light reading , Milton's eminence in this sphere may be ...
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... topic , we would observe , that the complaint against poetry as abounding in illusion and deception , is in the main groundless . In many poems there is more of truth than in many histories and philosophic theories . The fictions of ...
... topic , we would observe , that the complaint against poetry as abounding in illusion and deception , is in the main groundless . In many poems there is more of truth than in many histories and philosophic theories . The fictions of ...
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... topic which we cannot leave untouched . From hell we flee to paradise , a region as lovely as hell is terrible , and which to those who do not know the universality of true genius , will appear doubly wonderful , when consid- ered as ...
... topic which we cannot leave untouched . From hell we flee to paradise , a region as lovely as hell is terrible , and which to those who do not know the universality of true genius , will appear doubly wonderful , when consid- ered as ...
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... topics , under the sweeping denomination of ' metaphysics , ' to general neglect . But let it not be given up in despair . The time is coming , when the human intellect is to strike into new fields , and to view itself and its Creator ...
... topics , under the sweeping denomination of ' metaphysics , ' to general neglect . But let it not be given up in despair . The time is coming , when the human intellect is to strike into new fields , and to view itself and its Creator ...
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