 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
 | John [prose Milton (selected]) - 1862
...MEMOIR, NOTES, AND ANALYSES, BY THE REV. S. MANNING. " It is to he regretted that the prose writings.of Milton should in our time be so little read. As compositions,...perfect field of cloth of gold. The style is stiff" with embroidery. Not even in the earlier books of Paradise Lost has the great poet risen higherjU»fnr1zrt4ujse... | |
 | Theology - 1865
...St. Paul's writings, as if it lightened from one end of heaven to the other." Macaulay says : — " They deserve the attention of every man who wishes...insignificance. They are a perfect field of cloth of gold." We had purposed to write an analytical outline of this most splendid treatise, but our hmits forbid,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1865 - 776 pages
...less magnificent domain."— Brylgn "The prose writings of Milton deserve the attention of every msn who wishes to become acquainted with the full power...English language. They abound with passages compared wltt winch the floeit declamations or Burke sink Into Insignificance."—.* utorrrtT and eventful times... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1866
...adversum ; nee me, qni caetera, vincit Impetus, et rapido contrarius evehor orbi." 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 the great poet ever risen higher than in those parts of his controversial works... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1866
...adversum ; nee me, qui caetera, vincit Impetus, et rapido contrarius evehor orbi." It is to be regretted that the prose writings of Milton should, in our time,...passages compared with which the finest declamations ot Burke sink into insignificance. They are a perfect field of cloth of gold. The style is stiff with... | |
 | Robert Cowtan - 1866 - 407 pages
...that great man. I recollect that Macaulay says of them : " Milton's prose writings deserve the devoted attention of every man who wishes to become acquainted...full power of the English language. They abound with the noblest passages, and the style is stiff with gorgeous embroidery. Not even in the ' Paradise Lost... | |
 | Decoration and ornament - 1866 - 224 pages
...shall not spoil by attempting to paraphrase. " As compositions which deserve the attention of every one who wishes to become acquainted with the full power of the English language, they abound," says that distinguished man (himself, like Milton, poet, orator, and historian), " with passages, compared... | |
 | Afternoon lectures - 1866
...shall not spoil by attempting to paraphrase. " As compositions which deserve the attention of every one who wishes to become acquainted with the full power of the English language, they abound," says that distinguished man (himself, like Milton, poet, orator, and historian), " with passages, compared... | |
 | Treasury - 1868 - 128 pages
...read wholly and with diligence and attention. Bacon. THE PROSE WORKS OF MILTON. 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 the great poet ever risen higher than in those parts of his controversial works... | |
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