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 - Page 151by Thomas Budd Shaw - 1878 - 404 pagesFull view - About this book
| Theology - 1827 - 684 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 - English essays - 1840 - 464 pages
...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 pages
...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 - American literature - 1844 - 692 pages
...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 - Readers - 1845 - 404 pages
...(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 - English literature - 1846 - 782 pages
...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 - English literature - 1847 - 712 pages
...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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