The Influence of Milton on English PoetryRussell & Russell, 1922 - 722 من الصفحات |
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... early as 1704 , when the epic was characterized by a leading critic as " the greatest Poem that ever was written by Man , " and as late as 1796 , when it was described as " the noblest poem , perhaps , that ever the wit of man produced ...
... early as 1704 , when the epic was characterized by a leading critic as " the greatest Poem that ever was written by Man , " and as late as 1796 , when it was described as " the noblest poem , perhaps , that ever the wit of man produced ...
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... early as 1729 there were some who felt for Lycidas " the same Veneration , and Partiality , which is paid to the most accomplish'd Works of Antiquity , " and in 1756 some who held it " one of the most poetical and moving elegies that ...
... early as 1729 there were some who felt for Lycidas " the same Veneration , and Partiality , which is paid to the most accomplish'd Works of Antiquity , " and in 1756 some who held it " one of the most poetical and moving elegies that ...
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... early as 1694 , in his Account of the Greatest English Poets , he devoted thirty lines to Milton , and later imitated two of his poems ; he had much to say about Paradise Lost in his Discourse on Ancient and Modern Learning , in the ...
... early as 1694 , in his Account of the Greatest English Poets , he devoted thirty lines to Milton , and later imitated two of his poems ; he had much to say about Paradise Lost in his Discourse on Ancient and Modern Learning , in the ...
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... early as 1706 Defoe had composed three poems in a verse roughly modelled upon that of Paradise Lost , and had asked , " Who can read Virgil , Horace , Ovid , Milton , Waller , or Rochester , without touching the Strings of his Soul ...
... early as 1706 Defoe had composed three poems in a verse roughly modelled upon that of Paradise Lost , and had asked , " Who can read Virgil , Horace , Ovid , Milton , Waller , or Rochester , without touching the Strings of his Soul ...
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... early eighteenth century without encountering Bishop Atterbury , the best preacher of the age and according to Addison one of its greatest . geniuses , who narrowly escaped execution for his Jacobite activities . 1 See Bibl . I , 1712 ...
... early eighteenth century without encountering Bishop Atterbury , the best preacher of the age and according to Addison one of its greatest . geniuses , who narrowly escaped execution for his Jacobite activities . 1 See Bibl . I , 1712 ...
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الصفحة 185 - But worthier still of note Are those fraternal Four of Borrowdale, Joined in one solemn and capacious grove; Huge trunks! and each particular trunk a growth Of intertwisted fibres serpentine Up-coiling, and inveterately convolved; Nor uniformed with Phantasy, and looks That threaten the profane...
الصفحة 178 - Lastly, whatsoever in religion is holy and sublime, in virtue amiable or grave, whatsoever hath passion or admiration in all the changes of that which is called fortune from without, or the wily subtleties and refluxes of man's thoughts from within ; all these things with a solid and treatable smoothness to paint out and describe.
الصفحة 204 - She was a Goddess of the infant world ; By her in stature the tall Amazon Had stood a pigmy's height: she would have ta'en Achilles by the hair and bent his neck ; Or with a finger stay'd Ixion's wheel.
الصفحة 206 - I have given up Hyperion — there were too many Miltonic inversions in it — Miltonic verse cannot be written but in an artful, or, rather, artist's humour. I wish to give myself up to other sensations. English ought to be kept up.
الصفحة 84 - Phlegra with the heroic race were join'd That fought at Thebes and Ilium, on each side Mix'd with auxiliar gods ; and what resounds In fable or romance of Uther's son Begirt with British and Armoric knights ; And all who since, baptized or infidel, Jousted in Aspramont, or Montalban, Damasco, or Marocco, or Trebisond, Or whom Biserta sent from Afric shore, When Charlemain with all his peerage fell By Fontarabia.
الصفحة 192 - The appearance, instantaneously disclosed, Was of a mighty city — boldly say A wilderness of building, sinking far And self-withdrawn into a wondrous depth, Far sinking into splendor — without end ! Fabric it seemed of diamond and of gold, With alabaster domes, and silver spires, And blazing terrace upon terrace, high Uplifted ; here, serene pavilions bright, In avenues disposed ; there, towers begirt With...
الصفحة 588 - Twilight gray had in her sober livery all things clad : Silence accompanied ; for Beast and Bird, they to their grassy couch, these to their nests, were slunk, — all but the wakeful nightingale; she, all night long, her amorous descant sung; Silence was pleased. Now...
الصفحة 230 - His wandering step Obedient to high thoughts, has visited The awful ruins of the days of old : Athens, and Tyre, and Balbec, and the waste Where stood Jerusalem, the fallen towers Of Babylon, the eternal pyramids, Memphis and Thebes, and whatsoe'er of strange Sculptured on alabaster obelisk, Or jasper tomb, or mutilated sphynx, Dark Ethiopia in her desert hills Conceals.
الصفحة 597 - With antique pillars massy proof, And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim religious light: There let the pealing organ blow, To the full-voiced choir below, In service high, and anthems clear, As may with sweetness through mine ear, Dissolve me into ecstasies, And bring all Heaven before mine eyes.
الصفحة 81 - Their song was partial, but the harmony (What could it less when spirits immortal sing?) Suspended Hell, and took with ravishment The thronging audience.