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Page xiii
... gives himself up to politics , and for nearly twenty years suffers his lyre to hang mute and rusty in the temple of the Muses . Travels in Italy ; close of the first period in his life . Cause of his return to England . The composition ...
... gives himself up to politics , and for nearly twenty years suffers his lyre to hang mute and rusty in the temple of the Muses . Travels in Italy ; close of the first period in his life . Cause of his return to England . The composition ...
Page xxviii
... gives us Comus , not as the Masque originally left Milton's hands - for that we must turn to the Cambridge MS . - but in the finally revised form which he wished it to assume . There is a single passage where one is fain to believe that ...
... gives us Comus , not as the Masque originally left Milton's hands - for that we must turn to the Cambridge MS . - but in the finally revised form which he wished it to assume . There is a single passage where one is fain to believe that ...
Page xxxv
... give ; In beechen goblets let their beverage shine , Cool from the crystal spring their sober wine . Their youth should pass in innocence secure From stain licentious , and in manners pure , Pure as the priest , when robed in white he ...
... give ; In beechen goblets let their beverage shine , Cool from the crystal spring their sober wine . Their youth should pass in innocence secure From stain licentious , and in manners pure , Pure as the priest , when robed in white he ...
Page xxxviii
... gives us what we require most in lyric verse - true melody , and those who are deaf to these sphere - born notes , who find the " numbers " of Comus unpleasing , must be left to their displeasure . Most of us will prefer Mr Saintsbury's ...
... gives us what we require most in lyric verse - true melody , and those who are deaf to these sphere - born notes , who find the " numbers " of Comus unpleasing , must be left to their displeasure . Most of us will prefer Mr Saintsbury's ...
Page xlii
... gives a rapid movement suitable to the spoken verse of the stage . It characterises thus the dramatic and lyrical pieces , whilst epic narrative like Paradise Lost demands a statelier , slower movement . This extrametrical syllable at ...
... gives a rapid movement suitable to the spoken verse of the stage . It characterises thus the dramatic and lyrical pieces , whilst epic narrative like Paradise Lost demands a statelier , slower movement . This extrametrical syllable at ...
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