 ... superscription of the Most High. These great men we trust that we know how to prize ; and of these was Milton. The sight of his books, the sound of his name, are pleasant to its. His thoughts resemble those celestial fruits and flowers which the Virgin...  Essays on Milton and Addison - Page 218by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1892 - 170 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1835 - 932 pages
...prize ; and of these was Milton. The sight of his books, the sound of his name, are refreshing to us. His thoughts resemble those celestial fruits and flowers...sent down from the gardens of Paradise to the earth, distinguished from the productions of others soils, not only by their superior bloom and sweetness,... | |
 | British and foreign young men's society - 1837 - 556 pages
...prize ; and of these was Milton. The sight of his books, the sound of his name, are refreshing to us. His thoughts resemble those celestial fruits and flowers...sent down from the gardens of Paradise to the earth, distinguished from the productions of other soils, not only by their superior bloom and sweetness,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English essays - 1840 - 464 pages
...prize ; and of these was Milton. The sight of his books, the sound of his name, are refreshing to us. His thoughts resemble those celestial fruits and flowers...sent down from the gardens of Paradise to the earth, distinguished from the productions of other soils, not only by their superior bloom and sweetness,... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1844 - 614 pages
...rize ; and of these was Milton. The sight of his books, the sound of his name, are refreshing to us. His thoughts resemble those celestial fruits and flowers...sent down from the gardens of Paradise to the earth, distinguished from the productions of other soils, not only by their superior bloom and sweetness,... | |
 | Albert Henry Payne - 1844 - 270 pages
...prize, and of these was Milton. The sight of his books, the sound of his name, are refreshing to us. His thoughts resemble those celestial fruits and flowers which the virgin martyr or Massinger sent down from the gardens of Paradise to the earth, distinguished from the productions... | |
 | Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1846 - 222 pages
...prize ; and of these was Milton. The sight of his books, the sound of his name, are refreshing to us. His thoughts resemble those celestial fruits and flowers...sent down from the gardens of Paradise to the earth, distinguished from the productions of other soils, not only by their superior bloom and sweetness,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1846 - 782 pages
...prize ; and of these was Milton. The sight of his books, the sound of his name, are refreshing to us. n only twenty-three when her acquaintance with Johnson...statements must be false. We will not decide between t distinguished, from the productions of other soils, not only by their superior bloom and sweetness,... | |
 | 1848 - 464 pages
...should be calm, clear, reflective ; and as a modern essayist has said of Milton, his thoughts should resemble " those celestial fruits and flowers which...sent down from the gardens of Paradise to the earth, distinguished from the productions of other soils, not only by their superior bloom and sweetness,... | |
 | 1848 - 468 pages
...should be calm, clear, reflective ; and as a modern essayist has said of Milton, his thoughts should resemble " those celestial fruits and flowers which...sent down from the gardens of Paradise to the earth, distinguished from the productions of other soils, not only by their superior bloom and sweetness,... | |
 | 1856 - 666 pages
...distinguished from the productions of other soils, not only by their superior blocm and sweetness, but by their miraculous efficacy to invigorate and to heal. They are powerful not only to delight, but to purify." And in his recently published " History of England," he has thus beautifully spoken of Milton—"... | |
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