...be comprehended or enjoyed, unless the mind of the reader cooperate with that of the writer. He does not paint a finished picture, or play for a mere passive...make out the melody. We often hear of the magical influenee of poetry. The expression in general means nothing; but, applied to the writings of Milton,...

...be comprehended or enjoyed, unless the mind of the reader cooperate with that of the writer. He does not paint a finished picture, or play for a mere passive listener. He sketches, aud leaves others to fill up the outline. He strikes the key-note, and expects his hearer to make out...

...comprehended or enjoyed, unless the mind of the reader co-operate wilh that of the writer. He does against the lenity with which Hampden ǀ 0 N...carry with him any great accession of authority to appropriate. His poetry acts like an incantation. Its merit lies less in its obvious meaning than in...

...that of the writer. He does not paint a finished )icture, or play for a mere passive listener. It; sketches, and leaves others to fill up the outline. He strikes the key-note, and expects us hearer to make out the melody. ) We often hear of the magical influence ' of poetry. The expression...

...comprehended or enjoyed, unless the mind of the reader co-operate with that of the writer. He does not paint a finished picture, or play for a mere passive...but, applied to the writings of Milton, it is most appropriate. His poetry acts like an incantation. Its merit lies less in its obvious meaning than in...

...himself, and sets his images in so clear a light that it is impossible to be blind to them. Milton does not paint a finished picture, or play for a mere passive...key-note, and expects his hearer to make out the melody."* * Macaulay : Essays from the Edinburgh Review. CHAPTER VIII. AGE OF THE RESTORATION AND THE REVOLUTION....

...comprehended or enjoyed, unless the mind of the reader co-operate with that of the writer. He does not paint a finished picture, or play for a mere passive listener. He sketches, and leaves others to till up the outline. He strikes the key-note, and expects his hearer to make out the melody. We often...

...himself, and sets his images in so clear a light that it is impossible to be blind to them. Milton does not paint a finished picture, or play for a mere passive...key-note, and expects his hearer to make out the melody."* * Maoaulay : Essays from the Edinburgh Review. CHAPTER VIII. THE AGK OF THE RESTORATION AND THE REVOLUTION....

...with hat of the writer. He does not paint a finished )icture, or play for a mere passive listener. Ie sketches, and leaves others to fill up the outline....means nothing; but, applied to the writings of Milton, .t is most appropriate. His poetry acts like an incantation. Its merit lies less in its obvious meaning...

...comprehended or enjoyed, unless Ihe mind of the reader co-operate wiih that of the writer. He does not paint a finished picture, or play for a mere passive...the outline. He strikes the key-note, and expects lis hearer to make out the melody. We often hear of the magical influence of poetry. The expression...