The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 8Pafraets Book Company, 1908 |
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Pagina 91
... attention . The dispute between the lady and Comus is the most animated and affecting scene of the drama , and wants nothing but a brisker reciprocation of objec- tions and replies to invite attention and detain it . The songs are ...
... attention . The dispute between the lady and Comus is the most animated and affecting scene of the drama , and wants nothing but a brisker reciprocation of objec- tions and replies to invite attention and detain it . The songs are ...
Pagina 100
... attention , and employs the memory rather than the fancy . Milton's delight was to sport in the wide regions of possibility ; reality was a scene too narrow for his mind . He sent his faculties out upon discovery , into worlds where ...
... attention , and employs the memory rather than the fancy . Milton's delight was to sport in the wide regions of possibility ; reality was a scene too narrow for his mind . He sent his faculties out upon discovery , into worlds where ...
Pagina 111
... attention of a critick . Such are the faults of that wonderful performance , Paradise Lost ; which he who can put in balance with its beauties must be considered not as nice but as dull ; as less to be censured for want of candour ...
... attention of a critick . Such are the faults of that wonderful performance , Paradise Lost ; which he who can put in balance with its beauties must be considered not as nice but as dull ; as less to be censured for want of candour ...
Pagina 112
... attention , which a well - connected plan produces . Milton would not have excelled in dramatick writing ; he knew human nature only in the gross , and had never studied the shades of character , nor the combinations of concurring , or ...
... attention , which a well - connected plan produces . Milton would not have excelled in dramatick writing ; he knew human nature only in the gross , and had never studied the shades of character , nor the combinations of concurring , or ...
Pagina 115
... dialogue , and all the stratagems that surprise and enchain attention . But , of all the borrowers from Homer , Milton is , perhaps , the least indebted . He was naturally a thinker for himself , confident of his own 115 MILTON.
... dialogue , and all the stratagems that surprise and enchain attention . But , of all the borrowers from Homer , Milton is , perhaps , the least indebted . He was naturally a thinker for himself , confident of his own 115 MILTON.
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