Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 1J.M. Dent & Company, 1900 - 380 pages |
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... of Milton . The authority of Johnson is against us on this point . But Johnson had studied the bad writers of the middle ages till he had become utterly insensible to the THE TRIUMPH OF MILTON 13 Augustan elegance , and was 12 MILTON.
... of Milton . The authority of Johnson is against us on this point . But Johnson had studied the bad writers of the middle ages till he had become utterly insensible to the THE TRIUMPH OF MILTON 13 Augustan elegance , and was 12 MILTON.
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... writer . He does not paint a finished picture , or play for a mere passive listener . He sketches , and leaves others to fill up the outline . He strikes the keynote , and expects his hearer to make out the melody . We often hear of the ...
... writer . He does not paint a finished picture , or play for a mere passive listener . He sketches , and leaves others to fill up the outline . He strikes the keynote , and expects his hearer to make out the melody . We often hear of the ...
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... writers . The book of Job , indeed , in conduct and diction , bears a considerable resemblance to some of his dramas . Considered as plays , his works are absurd ; considered as choruses , they are above all praise . If , for instance ...
... writers . The book of Job , indeed , in conduct and diction , bears a considerable resemblance to some of his dramas . Considered as plays , his works are absurd ; considered as choruses , they are above all praise . If , for instance ...
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... be read as majestic soliloquies ; and he who so reads them will be enraptured with their eloquence , their sublimity , and their music . The interruptions of the dialogue , however , impose a constraint upon the writer , and.
... be read as majestic soliloquies ; and he who so reads them will be enraptured with their eloquence , their sublimity , and their music . The interruptions of the dialogue , however , impose a constraint upon the writer , and.
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Thomas Babington Macaulay. however , impose a constraint upon the writer , and break the illusion of the reader . The finest passages are those which are lyric in form as well as in spirit . ' I should much commend , ' says the excellent ...
Thomas Babington Macaulay. however , impose a constraint upon the writer , and break the illusion of the reader . The finest passages are those which are lyric in form as well as in spirit . ' I should much commend , ' says the excellent ...
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