 | James Edward Murdoch - 1876 - 314 Seiten
...that it is the language of nature." '• In epic poetry, the English have only to boast of Spenser ind Milton, who neither of them wanted either genius or...and yet both of them are liable to many censures." 2. — "Partial Cadence," at the close of a clause which formt complete sense. " Greatness confers... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1879 - 582 Seiten
...AND MILTON. [In epic poetry] the English have only to lxj.-i.4t of Spenser and Milton, who neither >f olutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life...active as that soul whose progeny they are ; nay, the i- no uniformity in the design of Spenser: .lie aims at the accomplishment of no one nction. he raises... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1879 - 428 Seiten
...Spenser and Milton. — From 'Disconrse on the Original and Progress of Satire,' 1693. [In epic poetry] the English have only to boast of Spenser and Milton, who neither of them wanted either genins or learning to have been perfect poets, and yet both of them are liable to many censures. For... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1879 - 576 Seiten
...wherewith the French can furnish us. Essay on Dramatic Poesy. ON SPEN8ER AND MILTON. [In epic poetry] lowphysicians going out of town in the plague time ; :,f them wanted either genius or learning to have been perfect poets, and yet both of them are liable... | |
 | John Dryden - 1882 - 320 Seiten
...Spenser and Milton, who neither of them \S' wanted either genius or learning, to have been perfect V."' poets; and yet, both of them are liable to many censures....no uniformity in the design of Spenser: he aims at ffie accomplishment of no one action : he raises up a hero for every one of his adventures; and endows... | |
 | William Russell - 1882 - 330 Seiten
...has this advantage above that made by words, that it is the language of nature." " In epic poetry, the English have only to boast of Spenser and Milton,...wanted either genius or learning to have been perfect p6ets ; and yet both of them are liable to many censures." 2. "Partial Cadence," at the close of a... | |
 | 1882 - 330 Seiten
...has this advantage above that made by words, that it is the language of nature." " In epic poetry, the English have only to boast of Spenser and Milton,...wanted either genius or learning to have been perfect p<5ets ; and yet both of them are liable to many censures." 2. "Partial Cadence," at the close of a... | |
 | Francis Thayer Russell - 1882 - 332 Seiten
...has this advantage above that made by words, that it is the language of nature." " In epic poetry, the English have only to boast of Spenser and Milton, who neither of them wanted either genins or learning to have been perfect poets ; and yet both of them are liable to many censures."... | |
 | John Dryden - 1895 - 266 Seiten
...to a thousand more reflections, without examining their St. Lewis, their Pacelle, or their Alarique: the English have only to boast of Spenser and Milton,...censures. For there is no uniformity in the design of Spenses: he aims at the accomplishment of no <^ one action: he raises up a hero for every one of his... | |
 | Jeremiah Wesley Bray - 1898 - 364 Seiten
...conscious plan or purpose, or elaborated method of composition. Design and artifice. DRYDEN, II., p. 288. There is no uniformity in the design of Spenser : he aims at the accomplishment of no one action. ID., XIII. , p. 17. Without design ; in which the essence of humor consists. HURD, II., p. 38. Desultory... | |
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The English have only to boast of Spenser and Milton, who neither of them wanted either genius or learning to have been perfect poets, and yet both of them are liable to many censures. 
