 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
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays]) - 1874 - 264 pages
...adversum ; nee me, qui csetera, vincit 1mpetus, 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 he ever risen higher than in those parts of his controversial works in which... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw - American literature - 1874 - 446 pages
...occupied about * " It is to be regretted that the prose writings of Milton should in our time be BO little read. As compositions, they deserve the attention...of cloth of gold. The style is stiff with gorgeous embroidery."—Macaulay. t According to Voltaire, "Milton, as he was travelling in Italy, in his youth,... | |
 | Homer Baxter Sprague - 1874 - 456 pages
...religious reformation, that are so much praised but so little read, of which Macaulay says, "They contain passages compared with which the finest declamations...gold. The style is stiff with gorgeous embroidery." But he must have an income. He opens a private school, takes a few pupils, and enters heartily into... | |
 | Wilkie Collins - 1875 - 404 pages
...Introductory Essay by ROBERT FLETCHER. Imperial 8vo, with Portraits, cloth extra, i5$. " It is to be regretted that the prose writings of Milton should, in our time,...gorgeous embroidery. Not even in the earlier books of the ' Paradise^Lost ' has the great poet ever risen higher than in those parts of his controversial... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1875 - 296 pages
...Introductory Essay by ROBERT FLETCHER. Imp. 8vo, with Portraits, cl. extra, 15$. " 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 tn those parts of his controversial... | |
 | William Wilkie Collins - 1875 - 414 pages
...Introductory Essay by ROBRRT FLRTCHRR. Imp. Svo, with Portraits, cl. extra, 15r. " 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... | |
 | Herbert Byng Hall - Art objects - 1875 - 346 pages
...Essay by ROBERT FLETCHER. Imperial 8vo, with Portraits, cloth extra, 15$. *' It is to be regretted that the prose writings of Milton should, in our time,....gorgeous embroidery. Not even in the earlier books of the ' Paradise Lost ' has the freat poet ever risen higher than in those parts of his controversial... | |
 | Wilkie Collins - England - 1875 - 534 pages
...Introductory Essay by EOBEET FLETCHEE. Imp. Svo, with Portraits, cl. extra, i5*. " It is to be regretted that the prose writings of Milton should, in our time,...gorgeous embroidery. Not even in the earlier books of the 'Paradise Lost* has the . __ i. • _ t_ _ _ _..__ •_..__ _.ft' . . • ii ;_ L.:_V. harping... | |
 | Algernon Charles Swinburne - Art - 1875 - 438 pages
...Essay by ROBERT FLETCHER. Imperial 8vo, with Portraits, cloth extra, 15*. *' It is to be regretted that the prose writings of Milton should, in our time,...gorgeous embroidery. Not even in the earlier books of the ' Paradise Lost | has the great poet ever risen higher than in those parts of his controversial... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1875 - 362 pages
...Introductory Essay by ROBERT FLETCHER. Imperial 8vo, with Portraits, cloth extra, 15$. " 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 harpmg symphonies.' "—MACAULAY, irks in which ure. and MONTAGU'S (Lady... | |
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