Lectures on the English PoetsT. Miller, 1819 - 331 páginas |
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... equal to the former , are the account of Talus , the Iron Man , and the delightful episode of Pastorella . The language of Spenser is full , and copious , to overflowing : it is less pure and idiomatic than Chaucer's , and is enriched ...
... equal to the former , are the account of Talus , the Iron Man , and the delightful episode of Pastorella . The language of Spenser is full , and copious , to overflowing : it is less pure and idiomatic than Chaucer's , and is enriched ...
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... equal to their force . Their likeness is made more dazzling by their novelty . They startle , and take the fancy prisoner in the same instant . I will mention one or two which are very striking , and not much known , out of Troilus and ...
... equal to their force . Their likeness is made more dazzling by their novelty . They startle , and take the fancy prisoner in the same instant . I will mention one or two which are very striking , and not much known , out of Troilus and ...
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... equal genius for comedy and tra- gedy ; and his tragedies are better than his come- dies , because tragedy is better than comedy . His female characters , which have been found fault with as insipid , are the finest in the world ...
... equal genius for comedy and tra- gedy ; and his tragedies are better than his come- dies , because tragedy is better than comedy . His female characters , which have been found fault with as insipid , are the finest in the world ...
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... equal communion with the inspired writers , and with the bards and sages of ancient Greece and Rome ; - " Blind Thamyris , and blind Mæonides , And Tiresias , and Phineus , prophets old . " He had a high standard , with which he was ...
... equal communion with the inspired writers , and with the bards and sages of ancient Greece and Rome ; - " Blind Thamyris , and blind Mæonides , And Tiresias , and Phineus , prophets old . " He had a high standard , with which he was ...
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... equal force and beauty . The strongest and best proof of this , as a characteristic power of his mind , is , that the persons of Adam and Eve , of Satan , & c . are always accompanied , in our imagination , with the grandeur of the ...
... equal force and beauty . The strongest and best proof of this , as a characteristic power of his mind , is , that the persons of Adam and Eve , of Satan , & c . are always accompanied , in our imagination , with the grandeur of the ...
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