 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...  Life and Times of John Milton - Page 6by William Carlos Martyn - 1866 - 307 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Languages, Modern - 1872 - 500 pages
...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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1847 - 712 pages
...prose writings of Milton should, in our time, be so little read. As compositions, they deserve (lie the Paradise Lost has he ever risen higher than in those parts of his controversial works in which... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1849 - 708 pages
...the Latin idiom in the construction of his sentences. ' It is to be regretted,' says a modern critic, + fitld of cloth of golil. The style is stiff with gorgeous embroidery. Not even in the earlier books... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Sherman B. Canfield - 1850 - 212 pages
...gave us Paradise Lost." And one year earlier, the brilliant Macaulay had said, " It is to be regretted that the prose writings of Milton should, in our time,...gorgeous embroidery. Not even in the earlier books of the Paradise Lost has he ever risen higher than in those parts of his controversial works, in which... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1850 - 710 pages
...Latin idiom in the construction of his sentences. ' It is to be regretted,' says a modern critic, ' ng t = the Paradise Lost has he ever risen higher than in those parts of his controversial works in which... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 602 pages
...of his sentences. Yet a recent critic in the Edinburgh Renew remarks, that ' it is to be regretted that the prose writings of Milton should, in our time,...declamations of Burke sink into insignificance. They arc a perfect field of cloth of gold. The style is stiff with gorgeous embroidery. Not even in the... | |
 | 1851 - 808 pages
...be read by every man who wishes to understand the full power of the English language. They abound in passages compared with which the finest declamations...insignificance. They are a perfect field of cloth of gold ; and their style is stiff with gorgeous embroidery.' * Filled and excited with the spirit of the patriot,... | |
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