Milton, Death, and Sin. From the following passage in the poetical Dedication of his " Sea-piece" to Voltaire, it seems that this extemporaneous reproof, if it must be extemporaneous (for what few will now affirm Voltaire to have deserved any reproof),... The lives of the English poets - Page 312by Samuel Johnson - 1810Full view - About this book
| Edward Young - 1767 - 272 pages
...ftranger ftray'd from yonder ifle ?"— No ftranger, Sir ! though born in foreign climes ; On Dor/et downs, when MILTON'S page, With Sin and Death, provok'd thy rage, Thy rage provok'd, -wbo footh'd with gentle rhymes ? V. Who kindly couch'd thy cenfure's eye, And gave thee clearly to... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 312 pages
...ftranger ftray'd from yonder ifle !"— No ftranger, Sir ! though born in foreign climes ; On Dorfet downs, when Milton's page, With Sin and Death, provok'd thy rage, Thy rage provok'd, luho Iboth'd with gentle rhymes? V. Wb.o kindly ceuch'd thy cenfure's eye, And gave thee clearly to... | |
| SAMUEL johnson - 1781 - 292 pages
...fomething more gentle than this diftich. No flranger, Sir, though born in foreign climes. On Dorfet downs, when Milton's page, With Sin and Death provok'd thy rage, Thy rage provok'd, who footh'd with genile rhymes ? By Dorfet downs he probably meant MrDodington's feat. In Pitt's Poems... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 522 pages
...fomething more gentle than this diftich. •No ftranger, Sir, though born in foreign climes, On Dorfet downs, when Milton's page, With Sin and Death provok'd thy rage, Thy rage provok'd, who footh'd with gentle rhymes ? By Dorfet downs he probably meant Mr. Dodington's feat. In Pitt's Poems... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 294 pages
...fomething more gentle than this diftich. No ftranger, Sir, though bora in. foreign; climes. On Dorfet downs, when Milton's page,. With Sin and Death provok'd thy rage,. Thy rage provok'd,, who footh'd with gentle rhymes ? By Dorfet downs he probably meant Mr. Podipgtpn's feat* In Pitt's Poems... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 516 pages
...fomething more gentle than this diftich. No ftranger, Sir, though born in foreign climes, On Dorfet downs, when Milton's page, With Sin and Death provok'd thy rage, Thy rage provok'd, who foo^h'4 with gentle rhymes ? By Dorfet downs he probably meant Mr. Dodington's feat. In Pitt's Poems... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 676 pages
...more gentle than the diftich juft quoted. No ftranger, Sir, though born in foreign climes. On Dorfct downs, when Milton's page, "With Sin and Death provok'd thy rage, Thy rage provok'd, who iboth'd with gentle rhymes ? By Dorfct dcm-ns he probably meant Mr. Dodington's (eat. In Pitt's Poems... | |
| English poets - 1790 - 304 pages
...ftranger ftray'd from yonder ifle ! — No ftranger, Sir ! though born in foreign climes ; On Dorfet downs, when Milton's page, With Sin and Death, provok'd thy rage, Thy rage provok'd, who footh'd with gentle rhymes ? V. WTso kmdly couch'd thy cenfure's eye, And gave thee clearly to defcry... | |
| English poets - 1790 - 312 pages
...more gentle than the diftich juft quoted. No ftranger, Sir, though born in foreign climes. On Dorfet downs, when Milton's page, With Sin and Death provok'd thy rage, Thy rage provok'd, who footh'd with gentle rhymes ? D 3 By By " Dorfet downs" he probably meant Mr. Dodington's feat. In Pitt's... | |
| Edward Young - 1792 - 348 pages
...ftranger ftray'd from yonder ifle ?"— No ftraBger, Sir ! though born in foreign climes ; On Dorfet downs, when MILTON'S page, With Sin and Death, provok'd thy rage, Thy rage provok'd, who footh'd with gentle rhymes ? V. Who kindly couch'd thy cenfure's eye, And gave thee clearly to defcry... | |
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