The Critical Works of John Dennis, Volume 2Johns Hopkins Press, 1964 - Criticism |
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... Milton Dennis merits the highest commendation . He was not the first Englishman , nor even the first critic , to ... Milton's epic , and he was the first writer who measured it by the criteria of the Sublime , recently popularized by ...
... Milton Dennis merits the highest commendation . He was not the first Englishman , nor even the first critic , to ... Milton's epic , and he was the first writer who measured it by the criteria of the Sublime , recently popularized by ...
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... Milton , thro ' the Course of their Criticisms , of which they have grossly fail'd in the following Respects . I. They have not allow'd that Milton in the Sublimity of his Thoughts surpass'd both Ancients and Moderns . II . In their ...
... Milton , thro ' the Course of their Criticisms , of which they have grossly fail'd in the following Respects . I. They have not allow'd that Milton in the Sublimity of his Thoughts surpass'd both Ancients and Moderns . II . In their ...
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... Milton , and we note that the Letters on Milton and Congreve , dated 1696 , are not mentioned . If he had written such a work , he could not have failed to mention it , for he was anxious to establish the priority of his remarks on Milton ...
... Milton , and we note that the Letters on Milton and Congreve , dated 1696 , are not mentioned . If he had written such a work , he could not have failed to mention it , for he was anxious to establish the priority of his remarks on Milton ...
Contents
Introduction | vii |
An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Shakespear 1712 | 1 |
To the Spectator on Poetical Justice 1712 | 18 |
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