...received universal praise. If 'Paradise Regained' has been too much depreciated, ' Samson Agonistes ' has in requital been too much admired. It could only be by long prejudice stages ; and it is only by a blind confidence in the reputation of Milton that a drama can be praised...

...Muse.' Journal, 1827, iii. 368. 8 ' Samson Agonistes equals, if not exceeds, any of the most perfect be by long prejudice and the bigotry of learning that...encumbrance of a chorus to the exhibitions of the French and English stages ' ; and it is only by a blind confidence in the reputation of Milton that a drama can...

...139. ? — 72 — Johnson verwirft den Chor als überflüssig,'13) nur Miltons bigotry of learning could prefer the ancient tragedies with their encumbrance of a chorus to the exhibitions of the French and English stages.54) Wie er über die rein äußerlichen Hilfsmittel, die auf Auge und Ohr wirken sollen,...

...that we and not they discerned its supreme excellence. " It could only be," thought Dr. Johnson, " by long prejudice and the bigotry of learning that...encumbrance of a chorus to the exhibitions of the French and English stages." Thus, and how often, the infirmity of our reason debars us from happiness. For in...

...and received universal praise. If Paradise Regained has been too much depreciated, Samson Agonistes has in requital been too much admired. It could only...of a chorus, to the exhibitions of the French and English stages; and it is only by a blind confidence in the reputation of Milton, that a drama can...