| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 2819 |
| AUTHOR: | John Milton (16081674) |
| QUOTATION: | Ornate rhetorick taught out of the rule of Plato
. To which poetry would be made subsequent, or indeed rather precedent, as being less suttle and fine, but more simple, sensuous, and passionate. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Tractate of Education. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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