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... writers of the middle ages till he had become utterly insen- sible to the Augustan elegance , and was as ill qualified to ... writer . He does not paint a finished picture , or play for a mere passive listener . He sketches , and leaves ...
... writers of the middle ages till he had become utterly insen- sible to the Augustan elegance , and was as ill qualified to ... writer . He does not paint a finished picture , or play for a mere passive listener . He sketches , and leaves ...
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... writer , and break the illusion of the reader . The finest passages are those which are lyric in form as well as in spirit . " I should much commend , " says the excellent Sir Henry Wot- ton , in a letter to Milton , " the tragical part ...
... writer , and break the illusion of the reader . The finest passages are those which are lyric in form as well as in spirit . " I should much commend , " says the excellent Sir Henry Wot- ton , in a letter to Milton , " the tragical part ...
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... writer , and break the illusion of the reader . The finest passages are those which are lyric in form as well as in spirit . “ I should much commend , " says the excellent Sir Henry Wot- ton , in a letter to Milton , “ the tragical part ...
... writer , and break the illusion of the reader . The finest passages are those which are lyric in form as well as in spirit . “ I should much commend , " says the excellent Sir Henry Wot- ton , in a letter to Milton , “ the tragical part ...
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... writer , from passages directly egotistical . But the qualities which we have ascribed to Milton , though perhaps ... writers who have espoused the same cause , Oldmixon , for instance , and Catherine Macaulay , have , to say the least ...
... writer , from passages directly egotistical . But the qualities which we have ascribed to Milton , though perhaps ... writers who have espoused the same cause , Oldmixon , for instance , and Catherine Macaulay , have , to say the least ...
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... writer , from passages directly egotistical . But the qualities which we have ascribed to Milton , though perhaps ... writers who have espoused the same cause , Oldmixon , for instance , and Catherine Macaulay , have , to say the least ...
... writer , from passages directly egotistical . But the qualities which we have ascribed to Milton , though perhaps ... writers who have espoused the same cause , Oldmixon , for instance , and Catherine Macaulay , have , to say the least ...
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