...Aristotle herein are strictly to be kept, or nature to be followed, which in them that know art and use judgment is no transgression, but an enriching of...Tasso gave to a prince of Italy his choice whether lie would command him to write of Godfrey's expedition against the Infidels, or Belisarius against...

...Aristotle herein are strictly to be kept, or nature to be followed, which in them that know art and use judgment is no transgression, but an enriching of...Tasso gave to a prince of Italy his choice whether lie would command him to write of Godfrey's expedition against the Infidels, or Belisarius against...

...Epic over against that of a drama or pastoral play drawn from Holy Writ: — "As Tasso gave to the prince of Italy his choice whether he would command him to write of Godfrey's expedition against the infldels ... or Charlemagne against the Lombards, if to the instinct of nature and the emboldening...

...against that of adnunt or pastoral play drawn from Holy Writ:— "As Tasso gave to the prince of Ilalj his choice whether he would command him to write of Godfrey's expedition againaI the infidels ... or Charlemagne against the Lombards, if to the instinct of nature and the...

...the present work, will proceed to bring this first imperfect sketch into a more finished picture.1 choice whether he would command him to write of Godfrey's...the infidels, or Belisarius against the Goths, or Charlemain against the Lombards ; if ... there be nothing adverse in our climate, or the fate of this...

...the present work, will proceed to bring this first imperfect sketch into a more finished picture.1 choice whether he would command him to write of Godfrey's...the infidels, or Belisarius against the Goths, or Charlemain against the Lombards ; if ... there be nothing adverse in our climate, or the fate of this...

...herein are strictly to be kept, or nature to be followed, which in them that know art and use judgement, is no transgression but an enriching of art: and lastly,...chosen in whom to lay the pattern of a Christian hero. . . . After epic, he goes on to consider tragedy, wondering "whether those dramatic constitutions,...

...'Argument' was the choice of Sir Robert Howard. Cf. Milton's remark, in Reason of Church Government, that 'Tasso gave to a prince of Italy his choice whether...against the Goths, or Charlemagne against the Lombards': Milton on Himself, ed. John S. Diekhoff (edn of 1965), p. 9. 18 The Diary ofPepys, viii. 40. 19 Ibid.,...

...that know art, and use judgement is no transgression, but an inriching of art. And lastly what Kfing] or Knight before the conquest might be chosen in whom to lay the pattern of a Christian Heroe. And as Tasso gave to a Prince of Italy his chois whether he would command him to write of Godfreys...

...Christian basis. In The Reason of Church Government Milton will declare his epic interest in "what K. or Knight before the conquest might be chosen in whom to lay the pattern of a Christian heroe" (YPW, 1:81314). But in Epitaphium Damonis, the disgruntled poet disdains any Christian connections....