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Samuel Johnson's disparagement of the sonnets ( “ of the best it can only be said that they are not bad ” ) is one of the strangest literary judgments on record . The history of their influence tells a very different story .
Samuel Johnson's disparagement of the sonnets ( “ of the best it can only be said that they are not bad ” ) is one of the strangest literary judgments on record . The history of their influence tells a very different story .
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In The Reason of Church Government ( see Appendix B ) he had mentioned , as literary forms sanctioned by classical or Biblical precedent , the long epic , the brief epic ( like the Book of Job ) , and the drama .
In The Reason of Church Government ( see Appendix B ) he had mentioned , as literary forms sanctioned by classical or Biblical precedent , the long epic , the brief epic ( like the Book of Job ) , and the drama .
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THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY The record of Milton's fame and influence in the eighteenth century is an integral part of the literary and intellectual history of the age . In no other time has he had so many readers or been the occasion of so ...
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY The record of Milton's fame and influence in the eighteenth century is an integral part of the literary and intellectual history of the age . In no other time has he had so many readers or been the occasion of so ...
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