This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 Excerpt: ...with some extracts from another MS., entitled Centuries of Meditations. The poems appear to have been written for the most part in early life, and the Meditations between 1667 and 1674 when Traherne was living in the house of Sir Orlando Bridgeman as chaplain; publishing his controversial work Roman Forgeries, and ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 Excerpt: ...with some extracts from another MS., entitled Centuries of Meditations. The poems appear to have been written for the most part in early life, and the Meditations between 1667 and 1674 when Traherne was living in the house of Sir Orlando Bridgeman as chaplain; publishing his controversial work Roman Forgeries, and preparing his Christian Ethicks for the press. The approximate date 1670 has therefore been assigned to him here; but it must be borne in mind that the prose extract is not the original of the poem Wonder but an expanded version, or meditation upon it. Both the prose and verse are strongly influenced by Vaughan. 1671. John Milton (III.) PAGE The Exiles (Paradise Lost, Book XII.).. 403 Consolation (Samson Agonistes)... 406 On his Blindness...... 407 Milton began to write Paradise Lost in 1657, after some years of preparation, and it was published ten years later; Paradise Regained followed in 1671. This date marks, no doubt, the completion of the achievement to which Fame will always point; but we have already seen that Milton's poetical power was supreme from his early youth. The influence of his third period has been greater but less favourable: his Latinism threatened to petrify the diction of English poetry. Of all his successors Robert Bridges alone has been able to wear the Miltonic dignity without ill coming of it. Samson Agonistes has been far less known, but is perhaps a greater poem than Paradise Lost. It has been read lately by a generation smitten with the just but unhappy anger of war, and desiring at one and the same time to be, like the blind Giant, " on his enemies fully revenged " and to have " peace and consolation... And calm of mind, all passion spent." 1678. John Bunyan (1628-88) To his Reader (The Pilgrim's...
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 900grams, ISBN:
