The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Volume 5G. Bell & Sons, 1893 |
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Page 260
... Paradise Lost " made its appearance . " Fit audience find though few , " was the petition addressed by the Poet to his inspiring Muse . I have said elsewhere that he gained more than he asked ; this I believe to be true ; but Dr ...
... Paradise Lost " made its appearance . " Fit audience find though few , " was the petition addressed by the Poet to his inspiring Muse . I have said elsewhere that he gained more than he asked ; this I believe to be true ; but Dr ...
Page 261
... Paradise Lost " were printed in a shape which allowed them to be sold at a low price , yet only three thousand copies of the Work were sold in eleven years ; and the Nation , says Dr. Johnson , had been satisfied from 1623 to 1664 ...
... Paradise Lost " were printed in a shape which allowed them to be sold at a low price , yet only three thousand copies of the Work were sold in eleven years ; and the Nation , says Dr. Johnson , had been satisfied from 1623 to 1664 ...
Page 262
... Paradise Lost , " and the slow progress of its fame , are proofs as striking as can be desired that the positions which I am attempting to establish are not erro- neous.1 - How amusing to shape to one's self such a critique as a Wit of ...
... Paradise Lost , " and the slow progress of its fame , are proofs as striking as can be desired that the positions which I am attempting to establish are not erro- neous.1 - How amusing to shape to one's self such a critique as a Wit of ...
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... Paradise Lost " appeared Thomson's " Winter ; " which was speedily followed by his other Seasons . It is a work of inspiration ; much of it is written from himself , and nobly from himself . How was it received ? " It was no sooner read ...
... Paradise Lost " appeared Thomson's " Winter ; " which was speedily followed by his other Seasons . It is a work of inspiration ; much of it is written from himself , and nobly from himself . How was it received ? " It was no sooner read ...
Page 264
... Paradise Lost " and the " Seasons " does not contain a single new image of external nature ; and scarcely presents a familiar one from which it can be inferred that the eye of the Poet had been steadily fixed upon his object , much less ...
... Paradise Lost " and the " Seasons " does not contain a single new image of external nature ; and scarcely presents a familiar one from which it can be inferred that the eye of the Poet had been steadily fixed upon his object , much less ...
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