...liberty to propose to her self, though of highest hope, and hardest attempting, whether that Epick form whereof the two poems of Homer, and those other...of Virgil and Tasso are a diffuse, and the book of lob a brief model: or whether the rules of Aristotle herein are strictly to be kept, 01 nature to be...

...self-dedication to the magnificent purpose of writing a great Epic in his mother tongue. Time servs not now, and perhaps I might seem too profuse to give...any certain account of what the mind at home in the spaaous circuits of her musing hath liberty to propose to her self, though of highest hope, and hardest...

...England hath had her noble achievements made small by the unskilful handling of monks and mechanics. " Time serves not now, and perhaps I might seem too...of highest hope and hardest attempting— whether the epic form, whereof the two poems of Homer, and those other two of Virgil and Tasso are a diffuse,...

...England hath had hej noble achievements made small by the unskilful haqdliug of monks and mechanics. Time serves not now, and perhaps I might seem too...give any certain account of what the mind at home. i;i i the spacious circuits of her musing, hath liberty to propose to v herself, though of highest...

...this we learn from the sequel of the passage already quoted. " Time serves not now," he there says, " and perhaps I might seem too profuse, to give any...propose to herself, though of highest " hope and hardest attempting—whether that Epic form whereof " the two poems of Homer, and those other two of Virgil...

...determine on the epic form of composition as the best for his genius. "That epick form," he had said, "whereof the two poems of Homer, and " those other...Tasso are a diffuse, and the " Book of Job a brief mod el." May we not say that, whereas in Paradise Lost he had adopted the larger or more diffuse of...

...determine on the epic form of composition as the best for his genius. " That epick form," he had said, " whereof the two poems of Homer, and those other two...Virgil and Tasso are a diffuse, and the Book of Job z.brief model." May we not say that, whereas in Paradise Lost he had adopted the larger or more diffuse...

...England hath had her noble achievements made small by the unskilful handling of monks and mechanics. Time serves not now, and perhaps I might seem too...attempting; whether that epic form whereof the two poems of Iloiner, and those other two of Virgil and Tasso, are a diffuse, and the book of Job a brief model:...

...literary plans and dreamings, Milton had recognised, as among the forms of poetry open to him, "that epick form whereof the two poems of " Homer, and those other...Virgil and Tasso, are a "diffuse, and the Book of Job a ltrief, model." As his Paradise Lost had been a Miltonic specimen of the epic after the more diffuse...

...special fondness among the Biblical writings for the Book of Job, which he calls ' a brief model of ' that epic form, whereof the two poems of Homer, and...those other two of Virgil and Tasso, are a diffuse (model),' and in the judgment of ST Coleridge, the poetic dialogue of Job was Milton's pattern for...