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Pagina xvii
... faults , Milton was built on a larger scale than ordinary men . Johnson understood his great- ness , was scrupulous in acknowledging it , and yet hit out at Milton's faults whenever they obtruded themselves . The result , as Johnson ...
... faults , Milton was built on a larger scale than ordinary men . Johnson understood his great- ness , was scrupulous in acknowledging it , and yet hit out at Milton's faults whenever they obtruded themselves . The result , as Johnson ...
Pagina 191
... faults of affectation ; his faults of negligence are beyond recital . Such is the unevenness of his compositions , that ten lines are seldom found together without something of which the reader is ashamed . Dryden was no rigid judge of ...
... faults of affectation ; his faults of negligence are beyond recital . Such is the unevenness of his compositions , that ten lines are seldom found together without something of which the reader is ashamed . Dryden was no rigid judge of ...
Pagina 394
... faults ; but what are such faults to so much excellence ? The Epistle of Eloisa to Abelard is one of the most happy productions of human wit ; the subject is so judiciously chosen , that it would be difficult , in turning over the ...
... faults ; but what are such faults to so much excellence ? The Epistle of Eloisa to Abelard is one of the most happy productions of human wit ; the subject is so judiciously chosen , that it would be difficult , in turning over the ...
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JOHN MILTON | 47 |
EARL OF ROCHESTER | 107 |
JOHN DRYDEN | 113 |
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