The Enlightenment and English Literature: Prose and Poetry of the Eighteenth Century, with Selected Modern Critical EssaysJohn L. Mahoney |
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Page 277
... stand the comparison . Dryden remarks that Milton has some flats among his elevations . This is only to say that all the parts are not equal . In every work one part must be for the sake of others ; a palace must have passages , a poem ...
... stand the comparison . Dryden remarks that Milton has some flats among his elevations . This is only to say that all the parts are not equal . In every work one part must be for the sake of others ; a palace must have passages , a poem ...
Page 434
... stand without these old fundamental principles , what sort of a thing must be a nation of gross , stupid , ferocious , and , at the same time , poor and sordid , barbarians , destitute of religion , honour , or manly pride , pos ...
... stand without these old fundamental principles , what sort of a thing must be a nation of gross , stupid , ferocious , and , at the same time , poor and sordid , barbarians , destitute of religion , honour , or manly pride , pos ...
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... stand aside , nor shade our com- position from the beams of our own genius ; for nothing original can rise , nothing immortal can ripen , in any other sun . Must we then , you say , not imitate ancient au- thors ? Imitate them by all ...
... stand aside , nor shade our com- position from the beams of our own genius ; for nothing original can rise , nothing immortal can ripen , in any other sun . Must we then , you say , not imitate ancient au- thors ? Imitate them by all ...
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Alexander Pope | 15 |
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