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6 The four greatest names in English poetry . are almost the four first we come to -- Chaucer , Spenser , Shakespeare , and Milton . There are no others that can really be put in competition with these . The two last have had justice ...
6 The four greatest names in English poetry . are almost the four first we come to -- Chaucer , Spenser , Shakespeare , and Milton . There are no others that can really be put in competition with these . The two last have had justice ...
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quently describes things as they are ; Spenser , as we wish them to be ; Shakespeare , as they would be ; and Milton , as they ought to be . As poets , and as great poets , imagination , that is , the power of feigning things according ...
quently describes things as they are ; Spenser , as we wish them to be ; Shakespeare , as they would be ; and Milton , as they ought to be . As poets , and as great poets , imagination , that is , the power of feigning things according ...
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Shakespeare's are historical figures , equally true and correct , but put into action , where every nerve and muscle is displayed in the struggle with others , with all the effect of collision and contrast , with every variety of light ...
Shakespeare's are historical figures , equally true and correct , but put into action , where every nerve and muscle is displayed in the struggle with others , with all the effect of collision and contrast , with every variety of light ...
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LECTURE | 1 |
ON CHAUCER AND SPENSER | 31 |
ON SHAKESPEARE AND MILTON | 67 |
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