Lives of the English Poets: Cowley-DrydenOctagon Books, 1967 - 568 páginas |
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... language is poetical and the sentiments 202 are generous , but there is something wanting to allure attention . The dispute between the Lady and Comus3 is the most ani- 203 mated and affecting scene of the drama , and wants nothing but ...
... language is poetical and the sentiments 202 are generous , but there is something wanting to allure attention . The dispute between the Lady and Comus3 is the most ani- 203 mated and affecting scene of the drama , and wants nothing but ...
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... language ' . This novelty has been , by those who can find nothing wrong in Milton , imputed to his laborious endeavours after words suitable to the grandeur of his ideas . ' Our language , ' says Addison , ' sunk under him 3. But the ...
... language ' . This novelty has been , by those who can find nothing wrong in Milton , imputed to his laborious endeavours after words suitable to the grandeur of his ideas . ' Our language , ' says Addison , ' sunk under him 3. But the ...
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... language was refined , and so fixed that it has changed but little . The French academy thought that they refined their language , and doubtless thought rightly : but the event has not shewn that they fixed it ; for the French of the ...
... language was refined , and so fixed that it has changed but little . The French academy thought that they refined their language , and doubtless thought rightly : but the event has not shewn that they fixed it ; for the French of the ...
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