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... tion into the Ciceronian gloss and brilliancy . The nature of his He does not , in short , sacrifice sense and spirit to pedantic refinements . subject compelled him to use many words " That would have made Quintilian stare and gasp ...
... tion into the Ciceronian gloss and brilliancy . The nature of his He does not , in short , sacrifice sense and spirit to pedantic refinements . subject compelled him to use many words " That would have made Quintilian stare and gasp ...
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... tion , and still more valuable on account of the just notion which they convey of the art in which he excelled . " As imagination bodies forth The forms of things unknown , the poet's pen Turns them to shapes , and gives to airy nothing ...
... tion , and still more valuable on account of the just notion which they convey of the art in which he excelled . " As imagination bodies forth The forms of things unknown , the poet's pen Turns them to shapes , and gives to airy nothing ...
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... tion , but never with complete success . The by no means insensible to the merits of this Greek drama , on the model of which the Sam - celebrated piece , to the severe dignity of the son was written , sprung from the Ode . The dialogue ...
... tion , but never with complete success . The by no means insensible to the merits of this Greek drama , on the model of which the Sam - celebrated piece , to the severe dignity of the son was written , sprung from the Ode . The dialogue ...
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Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. tion which he neglected in the Samson . He | be compared with the Paradise ... tion is not at hand , and our version , however rude , is sufficient to illustrate our meaning . Once more , compare ...
Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. tion which he neglected in the Samson . He | be compared with the Paradise ... tion is not at hand , and our version , however rude , is sufficient to illustrate our meaning . Once more , compare ...
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... tion which he neglected in the Samson . He be compared with the Paradise Lost , is the made it what it ought to be , essentially lyrical , Divine Comedy . The subject of Milton , in and dramatic only in semblance . He has not some ...
... tion which he neglected in the Samson . He be compared with the Paradise Lost , is the made it what it ought to be , essentially lyrical , Divine Comedy . The subject of Milton , in and dramatic only in semblance . He has not some ...
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