Lectures on the English PoetsWiley and Putnam, 1845 - 255 páginas |
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... style . " Obscurity her curtain round them drew , And siren Sloth a dull quietus sung . " The remarks which have been here made would , in some mea- sure , lead to a solution of the question of the comparative merits of painting and ...
... style . " Obscurity her curtain round them drew , And siren Sloth a dull quietus sung . " The remarks which have been here made would , in some mea- sure , lead to a solution of the question of the comparative merits of painting and ...
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... styles , and could pass at will , " from grave to gay , from lively to severe ; " but he never confounded the two styles together ( except from that involuntary and unconscious mixture of the pathetic and humorous which is almost always ...
... styles , and could pass at will , " from grave to gay , from lively to severe ; " but he never confounded the two styles together ( except from that involuntary and unconscious mixture of the pathetic and humorous which is almost always ...
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... and teachers , it was found that whether aught was imposed upon me by them , or betaken to of my own choice , the style , by certain vital signs it had , was likely to live ; LECTURE III . ] ON SHAKSPEARE AND MILTON . 67.
... and teachers , it was found that whether aught was imposed upon me by them , or betaken to of my own choice , the style , by certain vital signs it had , was likely to live ; LECTURE III . ] ON SHAKSPEARE AND MILTON . 67.
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... style is one of Milton's greatest excellences . Hence , perhaps , he stimulates us more in the reading , and less afterwards . The way to de- fend Milton against all impugners is to take down the book and read it . Milton's blank verse ...
... style is one of Milton's greatest excellences . Hence , perhaps , he stimulates us more in the reading , and less afterwards . The way to de- fend Milton against all impugners is to take down the book and read it . Milton's blank verse ...
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... style of poetry in our language , as the poets of whom I have already treated , Chaucer , Spenser , Shakspeare , and Milton , were of the natural ; and though this artificial style is generally and very justly acknowledged to be ...
... style of poetry in our language , as the poets of whom I have already treated , Chaucer , Spenser , Shakspeare , and Milton , were of the natural ; and though this artificial style is generally and very justly acknowledged to be ...
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