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Pagina 47
... tragedy . It may be affirmed , without any encomiastic fervour , that he brought to his poetic labours a mind replete with learning , and that his pages are embellished with all the ornaments which books could supply ; that he was the ...
... tragedy . It may be affirmed , without any encomiastic fervour , that he brought to his poetic labours a mind replete with learning , and that his pages are embellished with all the ornaments which books could supply ; that he was the ...
Pagina 76
... tragedy , beginning with the first ten lines of Satan's address to the sun . These mysteries consist of allegorical persons ; such as Justice , Mercy , Faith . Of the tragedy or mystery of " Paradise Lost " there are two plans : Michael ...
... tragedy , beginning with the first ten lines of Satan's address to the sun . These mysteries consist of allegorical persons ; such as Justice , Mercy , Faith . Of the tragedy or mystery of " Paradise Lost " there are two plans : Michael ...
Pagina 83
... tragedy . Voltaire tells a wild and unauthorized story of a farce seen by Milton in Italy , which opened thus : Let the rainbow be the fiddle - stick of the fiddle of Heaven . It has been already shewn , that the first conception was a ...
... tragedy . Voltaire tells a wild and unauthorized story of a farce seen by Milton in Italy , which opened thus : Let the rainbow be the fiddle - stick of the fiddle of Heaven . It has been already shewn , that the first conception was a ...
Pagina 91
... tragedy written in imitation of the ancients , and never designed by the Author for the stage . As these poems were published by another bookseller , it has been asked whether Simmons was discouraged from receiving them by the slow sale ...
... tragedy written in imitation of the ancients , and never designed by the Author for the stage . As these poems were published by another bookseller , it has been asked whether Simmons was discouraged from receiving them by the slow sale ...
Pagina 116
... tragedies , with their in- cumbrance of a chorus , to the exhibitions of the French and English stages ; and it is ... tragedy are , however , many particular beauties , many just sentiments and striking lines ; but it wants that power ...
... tragedies , with their in- cumbrance of a chorus , to the exhibitions of the French and English stages ; and it is ... tragedy are , however , many particular beauties , many just sentiments and striking lines ; but it wants that power ...
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