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Pagina 95
... poem be strictly one , whether the poem can be properly termed heroic , and who is the hero , are raised by such readers as draw their principles of judgment rather from books than from reason . Milton , though he entitled Paradise Lost ...
... poem be strictly one , whether the poem can be properly termed heroic , and who is the hero , are raised by such readers as draw their principles of judgment rather from books than from reason . Milton , though he entitled Paradise Lost ...
Pagina 137
... poem , in which personal satire was applied to the support of public principles , and in which therefore every mind was interested , the reception was eager , and the sale so large , that my father , an old bookseller , told me he had ...
... poem , in which personal satire was applied to the support of public principles , and in which therefore every mind was interested , the reception was eager , and the sale so large , that my father , an old bookseller , told me he had ...
Pagina 284
... poem to him . For this purpose he made choice of a subject which could regard only persons of the highest rank and greatest affluence , and which was therefore proper for a poem intended to procure the patronage of a prince ; and having ...
... poem to him . For this purpose he made choice of a subject which could regard only persons of the highest rank and greatest affluence , and which was therefore proper for a poem intended to procure the patronage of a prince ; and having ...
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JOHN MILTON | 47 |
EARL OF ROCHESTER | 107 |
JOHN DRYDEN | 113 |
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Absalom and Achitophel acquaintance Addison Æneid afterwards appears blank verse censure character considered conversation Cowley criticism death declared delight desire diction diligence Dryden Dunciad Earl easily elegance endeavoured English excellence expected faults favour friends genius Georgics happy honour Iliad images imagination imitation John Dryden John Wain Johnson kind King knew known labour language Latin learning letter lines lived Lord Lord Bolingbroke Lord Halifax mentioned metaphysical poets Milton mind nature neglected never NIHIL numbers observed occasion once opinion Paradise Lost passions performance perhaps Pindar play pleasing pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's praise produced published Queen reader reason received remarks reputation resentment rhyme Samuel Johnson satire Savage says seems sentiments solicited sometimes sufficient supposed Swift Syphax Tatler thought told tragedy translation truth Tyrconnel verses Virgil virtue write written wrote