Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1Longmans, Green, 1877 |
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... doubt can exist that it is a genuine relic of the great poet . Mr. Sumner , who was commanded by his Majesty to edite and translate the treatise , has acquitted himself of his task in a manner honourable to his talents and to his ...
... doubt can exist that it is a genuine relic of the great poet . Mr. Sumner , who was commanded by his Majesty to edite and translate the treatise , has acquitted himself of his task in a manner honourable to his talents and to his ...
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... doubt that this vene- ration for the Athenian , whether just or not , was injurious to the Samson Agonistes . Had Milton taken Eschylus for his model , he would have given himself up to the lyric inspiration , and poured out profusely ...
... doubt that this vene- ration for the Athenian , whether just or not , was injurious to the Samson Agonistes . Had Milton taken Eschylus for his model , he would have given himself up to the lyric inspiration , and poured out profusely ...
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... the Synagogue , and the doubts of the Academy , and the pride of the Portico , and the fasces of the Lictor , and the swords of thirty legions , were humbled in the dust . Soon after Christianity had achieved its triumph , 22 MILTON .
... the Synagogue , and the doubts of the Academy , and the pride of the Portico , and the fasces of the Lictor , and the swords of thirty legions , were humbled in the dust . Soon after Christianity had achieved its triumph , 22 MILTON .
Pagina 27
... , the haggard and woful stare of the eye , the sullen and contemptuous curve of the lip , and doubt that they belong to a man too proud and too sensitive to be happy . 66 Milton was , like Dante , a statesman and a MILTON . 27.
... , the haggard and woful stare of the eye , the sullen and contemptuous curve of the lip , and doubt that they belong to a man too proud and too sensitive to be happy . 66 Milton was , like Dante , a statesman and a MILTON . 27.
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... doubt passed salutary laws ; but what assurance was there that he would not break them ? He had renounced oppressive prerogatives ; but where was the security that he would not resume them ? The nation had to deal with a man whom no tie ...
... doubt passed salutary laws ; but what assurance was there that he would not break them ? He had renounced oppressive prerogatives ; but where was the security that he would not resume them ? The nation had to deal with a man whom no tie ...
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