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" ... that epic form whereof the two poems of Homer, and those other two of Virgil and Tasso are a diffuse, and the Book of Job a brief model... "
The Life of John Milton - Page 149
by Charles Symmons - 1810 - 646 pages
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A Selection from the English Prose Works of John Milton, Volume 1

John Milton - 1826 - 372 pages
...herself, though of highest hope, and hardest attempting ; whether that epic form whereof the two poems of Homer, and those other two of Virgil and Tasso...which, in them that know art and use judgment, is no trangression, but an enriching of art ; and lastly, what king or knight before the conquest, might...
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Some account of the life and writings of John Milton

Henry John Todd - 1826 - 458 pages
...herself, though of highest hope and hardest attempting ; whether that epiqk form, whereof the two poems of Homer, and those other two of Virgil and Tasso,...be followed ; which in them that know art, and use judgement, is no transgression, but an enriching of art : and lastly, what king or knight, before the...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors, Volume 1

John Milton - 1826 - 484 pages
...herself, though of highest hope and hardest attempting; whether that epick form, whereof the two poems of Homer, and those other two of Virgil and Tasso,...be followed; which in them that know art, and use judgement, is no transgression, but an enriching of art: and lastly, what king or knight, before the...
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A Selection from the English Prose Works of John Milton, Volume 1

John Milton - 1826 - 368 pages
...herself, though of highest hope, and hardest attempting ; whether that epic form whereof the two poems of Homer, and those other two of Virgil and Tasso...Aristotle herein are strictly to be kept, or nature to be ftfllowed, which, in them that know art and use judgment, is no trangression, but an enriching of art...
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Hamlet: And As You Like It. A Specimen of an Edition of Shakespeare

William Shakespeare - 1832 - 530 pages
...even in his manner of putting the question, decides it : " Whether the rules of Aristotle are herein strictly to be kept, or nature to be followed : which...judgment, is no transgression, but an enriching of art." Whether this be so or not in epic poetry, surely it may be asked, although the scene shifting drama,...
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The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Volume 1

Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1836 - 424 pages
...herself, though of highest hope and hardest attempting; whether that epic form, whereof the two poems of Homer, and those other two of Virgil and Tasso,...are a diffuse, and the Book of Job a brief, model." p. 69. These latter words deserve particular notice. I do not doubt that Milton intended his Paradise...
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The Monthly magazine

Monthly literary register - 1839 - 720 pages
...the world should not willingly let die" — " whether," says he, " the rules of Aristotle herein are to be kept, or nature to be followed, which, in them...judgment, is no transgression, but an enriching of art." Our examination will tend to show, that he exercised the liberty which he claimed, and, by following...
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Paradise Lost: With Variorum Notes ... and a Memoir of the Life of Milton ...

John Milton - 1841 - 556 pages
...herself, though of highest hope, and hardest attempting ; whether that epic form, whereof the two poems of Homer, and those other two of Virgil and Tasso, are a diffuse, and the hook of Joh a hrief model ; and whether the rules of Aristotle are herein strictly to he kept, or nature...
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Macphail's Edinburgh ecclesiastical journal and literary review, Volumes 3-4

1847 - 910 pages
...highest hope, and hardiest attempting ; whether that epic form, whereof the two poems of Homer, and these other two of Virgil and Tasso, are a diffuse, and...Aristotle herein are strictly to be kept, or nature to 1ю followed, which, in them that know art, and use judgment, is no transgression, but an enriching...
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Cyclopaedia of English Literature: First period, from the earliest times to 1400

Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 pages
...herself, though of highest hope and hardest attempting. Whether that epic form, whereof the two poems hee how I hate thy beams, That bring to my »re strictly to be kept, or nature to be followed, which ш them that know art, and use judgment,...
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