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Elwood complied with the directions , and improved himself by his attendance ;
for he relates , that Milton , having a curious ear , knew , by his voice , when he
read what he did not understand , and would stop him , and “ open the most
difficult ...
Elwood complied with the directions , and improved himself by his attendance ;
for he relates , that Milton , having a curious ear , knew , by his voice , when he
read what he did not understand , and would stop him , and “ open the most
difficult ...
Pagina 64
have been very diligent in his inquiries , but discovers always a wish to find
Milton discriminated from other men , relates , that “ he would sometimes lie
awake whole nights , but not a verse could he make ; and on a sudden his
poetical faculty ...
have been very diligent in his inquiries , but discovers always a wish to find
Milton discriminated from other men , relates , that “ he would sometimes lie
awake whole nights , but not a verse could he make ; and on a sudden his
poetical faculty ...
Pagina 72
He could not , as Elwood relates , endure to hear Paradise Lost preferred to
Paradise Regained . Many causes may vitiate a writer's judgment of his own
works . On that which has cost him much labour he sets a high value , because
he is ...
He could not , as Elwood relates , endure to hear Paradise Lost preferred to
Paradise Regained . Many causes may vitiate a writer's judgment of his own
works . On that which has cost him much labour he sets a high value , because
he is ...
Pagina 91
... the brother , is taken with a short fit of rhyming . The spirit relates that the lady is
in the power of Comus ; the brother moralizes again ; and the spirit makes a long
narration , of no use , because it is false , and , therefore , unsuitable to a ...
... the brother , is taken with a short fit of rhyming . The spirit relates that the lady is
in the power of Comus ; the brother moralizes again ; and the spirit makes a long
narration , of no use , because it is false , and , therefore , unsuitable to a ...
Pagina 92
Epick poetry undertakes to teach the most important truths by the most pleasing
precepts , and , therefore , relates some great event in the most affecting manner .
History must supply the writer with the rudiments of narration , 92 MILTON.
Epick poetry undertakes to teach the most important truths by the most pleasing
precepts , and , therefore , relates some great event in the most affecting manner .
History must supply the writer with the rudiments of narration , 92 MILTON.
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Informazioni bibliografiche
| Titolo | The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 8 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Samuel Johnson |
| Autore | Samuel Johnson |
| Editore | Pafraets Book Company, 1908 |
| Provenienza dell'originale | Indiana University |
| Digitalizzato | 30 gen 2009 |
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