The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 3G. Bell, 1882 |
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Page 200
... Milton never intended ; but if he will needs fix the name of an hero upon any person in it , it is certainly the ... Milton's is not of a sublimer na- ture I will not presume to determine : it is sufficient , that I show there is in the ...
... Milton never intended ; but if he will needs fix the name of an hero upon any person in it , it is certainly the ... Milton's is not of a sublimer na- ture I will not presume to determine : it is sufficient , that I show there is in the ...
Page 210
... Milton's comparisons , in which they do not see any surprising points of likeness . Monsieur Perrault was a man of this vitiated relish , and for that very reason has endeavoured to turn into ridicule several of Homer's similitudes ...
... Milton's comparisons , in which they do not see any surprising points of likeness . Monsieur Perrault was a man of this vitiated relish , and for that very reason has endeavoured to turn into ridicule several of Homer's similitudes ...
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... Milton is everywhere full of hints , and sometimes literal translations , taken from the greatest of the Greek and Latin poets . But this I may re- serve for a discourse by itself , because I would not break the thread of these ...
... Milton is everywhere full of hints , and sometimes literal translations , taken from the greatest of the Greek and Latin poets . But this I may re- serve for a discourse by itself , because I would not break the thread of these ...
Contents
Use of MottosLove of Latin among the Common PeopleSignature Letters | 1 |
Letter on BashfulnessReflections on Modesty 225 Discretion and Cunning | 109 |
Letter on the Lovers Leap 229 Fragment of Sappho | 115 |
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