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" 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. "
English Composition ... Enlarged, - Page 158
by Stratton Duluth Brooks - 1912
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The Christian Spectator, Volume 1

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...
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Selections Fron the Edinburgh Review, Comprising the Best ..., Volumes 1-2

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...
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Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and ..., Volume 1

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....
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Archiv für das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen, Volume 50

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...
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Cyclopaedia of English Literature: First period, from the earliest times to 1400

Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1847 - 712 pages
...Latin idiom in the construction of hi« sentence». ' It is to be regretted,' says a modern critic, tuous men pass mildly away, And whisper to their souls...So let us melt, and make no noise, No tear-floods, »Hh which the finest declamations of Burke sink into insignificance. They are a perfect field of doth...
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The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th]

1849 - 818 pages
...colossal dimensions, but for it> matchless and imperishable beauty. ' It is to be regretted, says he, ' that the prose writings of Milton should, in our time,...full power of the English language. They abound with passage, compared with which, the finest declamations of Burke sink into insignificance. They arc a...
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The Juvenile companion, and Sunday-school hive [afterw.] The ..., Volumes 5-6

1856 - 666 pages
...Macauley thus speaks of them : " As compositions they deserve the attention of every man who would become acquainted with the full power of the English...They abound with passages compared with which the most splendid declamations of Burke sink into insignificance. They are a perfect field-cloth of gold...
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The Literary Reader: For Academies and High Schools: Consisting of ...

Arethusa Hall - Readers - 1851 - 422 pages
...to the Council of State, with a salary of £300 per annum. Of his prose writings it has been said, "They abound with passages compared with which the...finest declamations of Burke sink into insignificance." He wrote against the established church, and was stern and inflexible in principle, in regard to both...
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Essays, Critical and Miscellaneous

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1852 - 764 pages
...fertility, " Nitor in adversum ; nee me, qui cartera, vincit Impeluf , et rápido contrarius cvehor orbi." abington lime, be so little read. As compositions, they deserve the attention of every man who wishes to become...
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A Course of English Reading, Adapted to Every Taste and Capacity: With ...

James Pycroft - Best books - 1854 - 360 pages
...Milton's prose works are so little read, and says they deserve the attention of every man who would become acquainted with the full power of the English language. " They abound with passages superior to the finest declamations of Burke —a perfect field of cloth of gold. The style is stiff...
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