Poets of the English Language: Milton to GoldsmithWystan Hugh Auden, Norman Holmes Pearson Viking Press, 1950 |
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Page xxiii
... Beauty , natural and customary . Natural is from Geometry , consisting in Uniformity ( that is Equality ) and Proportion . Customary Beauty is begotten by the Use of our Senses to those Objects which are usually pleasing to us for other ...
... Beauty , natural and customary . Natural is from Geometry , consisting in Uniformity ( that is Equality ) and Proportion . Customary Beauty is begotten by the Use of our Senses to those Objects which are usually pleasing to us for other ...
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... Beauty are Deformity , or a Defect of Uniformity , and Plainness , which is the Excess of Uniformity ; Variety makes the Mean . Variety of Uniformities make compleat Beauty : Uniformi- ties are best tempered , as Rhimes in Poetry ...
... Beauty are Deformity , or a Defect of Uniformity , and Plainness , which is the Excess of Uniformity ; Variety makes the Mean . Variety of Uniformities make compleat Beauty : Uniformi- ties are best tempered , as Rhimes in Poetry ...
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... Beauty alone cou'd Beauty take so right : Her Dress , her Shape , her matchless Grace , Were all observ'd , as well as heav'nly Face . With such a Peerless Majesty she stands , As in that Day she took the Crown from Sacred hands ...
... Beauty alone cou'd Beauty take so right : Her Dress , her Shape , her matchless Grace , Were all observ'd , as well as heav'nly Face . With such a Peerless Majesty she stands , As in that Day she took the Crown from Sacred hands ...
Contents
Introduction | xiii |
General Principles | xxvi |
JOHN MILTON 16081674 | 1 |
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