 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
 | Edward Jesse - 1875 - 402 pages
...Imp. 8vo, with Portraits, cl. extra, 15^. . ** It is to be regretted that the prose writings of MUton should, in our time, be so little read. As compositions, they deserve the attentioti of every man.who wishes to become acquainted with the full power of the English language.... | |
 | Algernon Charles Swinburne - 1875 - 1875 - 184 pages
...Introductory Essay by ROBERT FLETCHEE. Imperial 8vo, with Portraits, cloth extra, 1$s. " It is to be regretted that the prose writings of Milton should, in our time, be so l1ttle read. As compositions, they deserve the attention of every man who wishes to become acquainted... | |
 | Edward Shepherd Creasy - Eton college - 1876 - 726 pages
...Introductory Essay by ROBERT FLETCHER. Imp. 8vo, with Portraits, cl. extra, 15*. " It is to be regretted that the prose writings of Milton should, in our time,...gorgeous embroidery. Not even in the earlier books of the 'Paradise Lost* has the great poet ever risen higher than in those parts of his controversial works... | |
 | William Wilkie Collins - 1876 - 500 pages
...Introductory Essay by ROKERT FLETCHER. Imp. 8vo, with Portraits, cl. extra, 151. " It is to be regretted that the prose writings of Milton should, in our time,...gorgeous embroidery. Not even in the earlier books of the ' Paradise Lost ' has the great poet ever risen higher than in those parts of his controversial... | |
 | Algernon Charles Swinburne - English drama - 1876 - 162 pages
...Introductory Essay by ROBEET FLETCHEE. Imp. 8vo, with Portraits, cl. extra, 15$. *' 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 in those parts of his controversial works... | |
 | Clément Henri Sanson - 1876 - 352 pages
...Introductory Essay by ROBERT FLETCHER. Imp. 8vo, 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 his controversial works in which s of devotional and lyric rapture. ?... | |
 | Giles Fletcher - English poetry - 1876 - 320 pages
...Introductory Essay by ROBERT FLETCHER. Imp. 8vo, with Portraits, cl. extra, 15$. f " It is to be regretted that the prose writings of Milton should, in our time,...gorgeous embroidery. Not even in the earlier books of the ' Paradise Lost ' has the great poet ever risen higher than in those parts of his controversial... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - Authors, English - 1876 - 870 pages
...the Latin idiom in the construction of his sentences. ' It is to be regretted,' says Lord Macaulay, ۺ܁ Ɋ the Paradise Lost has he ever risen higher than in those parts of his controversial works in which... | |
 | Laman Blanchard - 1876 - 440 pages
...Introductory Essay by ROBERT FLETCHER. Imp. 8vo, with Portraits, cl. extra, 15$. " It is to be regretteJ that the prose writings of Milton should, in our time,...finest declamations of Burke sink into insignificance. Th'-y are a perfect field of cloth of gold. The style is stiff with gorgeous embroidery. Not even in... | |
 | Frederick William Fairholt - Tobacco - 1876 - 426 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,...compared with which the finest declamations of Burke sink int» insignificance. They are a perfect field of cloth of gold. The style is stiff with gorgeous embroidery.... | |
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