 ... subjected the minds of the greatest poets in those countries too much to the bondage of definite form; from which the Hebrews were preserved by their abhorrence of idolatry. This abhorrence was almost as strong in our great epic Poet, both from circumstances...  The Ceylon magazine - Page 129Full view - About this book
 | William Wordsworth - Fiction - 1994 - 628 pages
...abhorrence was almost as strong in our great epic Poet, both from circumstances of his life, and from the constitution of his mind. However imbued the surface...and all things tended in him towards the sublime. Spenser, of a gentler nature, maintained his freedom by aid of his allegorical spirit, at one time... | |
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...abhorrence was almost as strong in our great epic Poet, both from circumstances of his life, and from the constitution of his mind. However imbued the surface...and all things tended in him towards the sublime. 1 Charles Lamb upon the genius of Hogarth. Spenser, of a gentler nature, maintained his freedom by... | |
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