 | 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... | |
 | 1835 - 932 pages
...— '" Nitor in adversum ; nee me, qui cetera, vinoit Impetus, et rápido 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 attention of every man who wishes to become acquainted... | |
 | British and foreign young men's society - 1837 - 556 pages
...to the cordial admiration of our readers, to render any words of praise, on our part, necessary. " It is to be regretted that the prose writings of Milton...compared with which the finest declamations of Burke sink into insignificance. They are a perfect field of cloth of gold. The style is stiff with gorgeous embroidery.... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1840 - 466 pages
...fertility, ' Nitor in adversum ; nee me, qui ctetera, vincit Impetus, et rapido contrarius evehor orbi.' It is to be regretted that the prose writings of Milton...compared with which the finest declamations of Burke sink into insignificance. They are a perfect field of cloth of gold. The style is stiff, with gorgeous embroidery.... | |
 | Albert Henry Payne - 1844 - 270 pages
...fertility. Nitor in adversum ; nee me, qni cictera, vim-it Impetus, «t rapido contrariiu evehor orbi. It is to be regretted that the prose writings of Milton...with which the finest declamations of Burke, sink into insignificance. They are a perfect field of cloth of gold. The style is stiff with gorgeous embroidery.... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1844 - 692 pages
...Latin idiom in -the construction of lus senti-пси. ' It is to be regretted,' says a modern critic, 'that the prose writings of Milton should, in our...time, be so little read. As compositions, they deserve tin. attention of every man who wishes to become acquainted with the full power of the English language.... | |
 | John Seely Hart - Readers - 1845 - 404 pages
...our pains for our crowns shall be less. MILTON. (1608-1674.) ["!T id to be regretted," says Macaulay, "that the prose writings of MILTON should, in our...compared with which the finest declamations of Burke sink into insignificance. They are a perfect field of cloth of gold. The style is stiff with gorgeous embroidery.... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1846 - 782 pages
...fertility, " Nilor in adverwim ; n./i me, qul cetera, rinclt Impetus, el rapid* contnrius erehor orbl." Macaulay into insignificance. They are a perfect field of cloth of gold. The style is stiff, with gorgeous embroidery.... | |
 | Languages, Modern - 1872 - 500 pages
...sein in Betracht. Nach allen diesen Verben steht immer should, selten der Indicativ. Regret I, 58: It is to be regretted that the prose writings of Milton should, in our time, be so little read. III, 146: We should not then regret (hat there should be so many proofs of the narrowness and selfishness... | |
| |
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... 
