A Milton HandbookAppleton-Century-Crofts, 1961 - 465 pages |
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Page 34
... Greek , which through his excellent judgment and way of teaching , far above the pedantry of common public schools ( where such authors are scarce ever heard of ) , were run over within no greater compass of time , than from ten to ...
... Greek , which through his excellent judgment and way of teaching , far above the pedantry of common public schools ( where such authors are scarce ever heard of ) , were run over within no greater compass of time , than from ten to ...
Page 285
... Greek Tragedy in " Samson Agonistes . " Parker con- cludes , against Jebb , that Euripides , though Milton's favorite drama- tist , is not the predominant influence in Samson . Milton was more like Aeschylus in his attitude toward his ...
... Greek Tragedy in " Samson Agonistes . " Parker con- cludes , against Jebb , that Euripides , though Milton's favorite drama- tist , is not the predominant influence in Samson . Milton was more like Aeschylus in his attitude toward his ...
Page 325
... Greek choruses , which must have seemed to him more irregular than they do to modern metrists , would have given him even stronger precedent than the occasional variations admitted by the Romans.20 He would certainly have scanned the ...
... Greek choruses , which must have seemed to him more irregular than they do to modern metrists , would have given him even stronger precedent than the occasional variations admitted by the Romans.20 He would certainly have scanned the ...
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