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Hazlitt on English Literature: An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature

Hazlitt, William, 1778-1830; Zeitlin, Jacob, 1883-1937 [Editor]· 2 chapters· 23,840 words

_It has been indeed objected to Milton_. Cf. Coleridge (Works, ed. Shedd, IV, 304): "Milton is not a picturesque, but a musical, poet"; also Coleridge's "Table Talk," August 7, 1832: "It is very remarkable that in no part of his writings does Milton take any notice of the grea...

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2. Book II: "Because _true Historie_ representeth Actions and Euents more

ordinarie and lesse interchanged, therefore _Poesie_ endueth them with more Rarenesse and more vnexpected and alternatiue Variations: So as it appeareth that _Poesie_ serueth an...

1. Book II, Introduction.

_It has been indeed objected to Milton_. Cf. Coleridge (Works, ed. Shedd, IV, 304): "Milton is not a picturesque, but a musical, poet"; also Coleridge's "Table Talk," August 7,...