 It is to be regretted that the prose writings of Milton should, in our time, be so little read. As compositions, they deserve the attention of every man who wishes to become acquainted with the full power of the English language. They abound with passages...  New History of English Literature - Sivu 151tekijä(t) Thomas Budd Shaw - 1878 - 404 sivuaKoko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | 1827 - 684 sivua
...exertion so different as poetry and prose. It is the remark of a modern critic, that his prose writings abound with passages, compared with which the finest declamations of Burke sink into insignificance. So we think and feel. It is an immortal honor that he advanced far beyond the knowledge or the views... | |
 | 1835 - 932 sivua
...contrai ins cvchor orbi." U is to be regretted that the prose writings of Milton should, in our time, IK? so little read. As compositions, they deserve the...declamations of Burke sink into insignificance. They arc a perfect field of cloth of gold. The style is stilt with gorgeous embroidery. Not oven in the... | |
 | British and foreign young men's society - 1837 - 556 sivua
...praise, on our part, necessary. " It is to be regretted that the prose writings of Milton should, in our time, be so little read. As compositions, they deserve...gold. The style is stiff with gorgeous embroidery. Not even in the earlier books of the Paradise Lost has he ever risen higher than in those parts of... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1840 - 466 sivua
...rapido contrarius evehor orbi.' It is to be regretted that the prose writings of Milton should, in our time, be so little read. As compositions, they deserve...gold. The style is stiff, with gorgeous embroidery. Not even in the earlier books of the Paradise Lost has he ever risen higher than in those parts of... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1840 - 464 sivua
...rapido contrarius evehor orbi.' It is to be regretted that the prose writings of Milton should, in our time, be so little read. As compositions, they deserve...sink into insignificance. They are a perfect field of clojh of gold. The style is stiff, with gorgeous embroidery. Not even in the earlier books of the Paradise... | |
 | Albert Henry Payne - 1844 - 270 sivua
...rapido contrariiu evehor orbi. It is to be regretted that the prose writings of Milton should, in our time, be so little read. As compositions, they deserve...gold. The style is stiff with gorgeous embroidery. Not even in the earlier books of the Paradise Lost has he ever risen higher than in those parts of... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 sivua
...prose writings of Milton should, in our time, be so little read. As compositions, they deserve tin. l 8L H g ȷ ¨ | 97 inf1 insignificance. They are a perfect field of cloth et gold. The style is stiff with gorgeous embroidery.... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1845 - 404 sivua
...(1608-1674.) ["!T id to be regretted," says Macaulay, "that the prose writings of MILTON should, in our time, be so little read. As compositions, they deserve...gold. The style is stiff with gorgeous embroidery. Not even in the earlier books of thn Paradise Lost has he ever risen higher than in those parts of... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 782 sivua
...rapid* contnrius erehor orbl." It is to be regretted that the prose writings of Milton should, in our put every thing to the hazard, and gave orders that...quarters in a grove of mangotrees near Plassey, within Not even in the earlier books of the Paradise Lost has he ever risen higher than in those parts of... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 sivua
...prose writings of Milton should, in our time, be so little read. As compositions, they deserve (lie Not even in the earlier books of the Paradise Lost has he ever risen higher than in those parts of... | |
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