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... poet , the statesman , the philosopher , the glory of English literature , the champion and the martyr of English liberty . art . It is by his poetry that Milton is best known ; and it is of his poetry that we wish first to speak . By ...
... poet , the statesman , the philosopher , the glory of English literature , the champion and the martyr of English liberty . art . It is by his poetry that Milton is best known ; and it is of his poetry that we wish first to speak . By ...
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... poet has ever had to struggle with more unfavourable circumstances than Milton . He doubted , as he has himself owned ... poetry almost necessarily declines . Therefore , though we fervently admire those great works of imagination which ...
... poet has ever had to struggle with more unfavourable circumstances than Milton . He doubted , as he has himself owned ... poetry almost necessarily declines . Therefore , though we fervently admire those great works of imagination which ...
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... poetry . The progress of refinement rarely supplies these arts with better objects of imitation . It may indeed improve the instruments which are necessary to the mechanical operations of the musician , the sculptor , and the painter ...
... poetry . The progress of refinement rarely supplies these arts with better objects of imitation . It may indeed improve the instruments which are necessary to the mechanical operations of the musician , the sculptor , and the painter ...
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... poet , or can even enjoy poetry , without a certain unsoundness of mind , if any thing which gives so much pleasure ought to be called unsoundness . By poetry we mean not all writing in verse , nor even all good writing in verse . Our ...
... poet , or can even enjoy poetry , without a certain unsoundness of mind , if any thing which gives so much pleasure ought to be called unsoundness . By poetry we mean not all writing in verse , nor even all good writing in verse . Our ...
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... poetry . Men will judge and compare ; but they will not create . They will talk about the old poets , and comment on them , and to a certain degree enjoy them . But they will scarcely be able to con- ceive the effect which poetry ...
... poetry . Men will judge and compare ; but they will not create . They will talk about the old poets , and comment on them , and to a certain degree enjoy them . But they will scarcely be able to con- ceive the effect which poetry ...
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