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
| Frederick William Fairholt - Tobacco - 1876 - 392 pages
...Introductory Eesay by ROBERT FLETCHER. Imp. 8vo, with Portraits, cl. extra, i^r. " 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.... | |
| Henry Kingsley - 1876 - 362 pages
...Introductory Essay by ROBERT FLETCHER. Imp. 8vo, with Portraits, cl. extra, 15*. " Itis to be regretted that the prose writings of Milton should, in our time,...passages compared with which the finest declamations of Furke sink into insignificance. They are a perfect field of cloth of gold. The style is stiff with... | |
| Bridget Kavanagh - 1876 - 322 pages
...Introductory Essay by ROBERT FLETCHER. Imp. 8vo, with Portraits, cl. extra, i5$. ** It is to be regretted that the prose writings of Milton should, in our time,...they deserve the attention of every man who wishes to be_come acquainted with the full power of the English language. They abound with passages compared... | |
| William Godwin - 1876 - 344 pages
...Introductory Essay by ROBEET FLETCHEE. Imp. 8vo, with Portraits, cl. extra, 15$. " It Is to be regretted that the prose writings of Milton should, in our time,...compositions, they deserve the attention of every man who w1shes to become acquainted with the full power of the English language. They abound with passages... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1877 - 112 pages
...adveraum ; 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,...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 Swinton - American literature - 1886 - 690 pages
...ordinary sense. The Arcopagittca ' was first published in 1644. "It is to be regretted," says Macaulay, "that the prose writings of Milton should, in our...compositions, they deserve the attention of every one who wishes to become acquainted with the full power of the English language. They are a perfect... | |
| Robert Cochrane - Authors, English - 1887 - 572 pages
...adversum ; nee me, qul cœtcra, Yincit Impetus, et rapido contrarius erehor orbi." It is to be regretted herself. Her eyes with scalding rheum were galled and red : <'"M palsy shook her bead; .v perfect field of cloth of gold. The style is stiff, with gorgeous embroidery. Not even in the earlier... | |
| Theodore Whitefield Hunt - Authors, English - 1887 - 552 pages
...deserves more careful study that ia generally accorded it. "It is to be regretted, " says Macaulay " that the prose writings of Milton, should in our time...the full power of the English Language. They abound in passages, compared with which, the finest declamations of Burke sink into insignificance." So Pat-tiBon,... | |
| Jacques Parmentier - English language - 1887 - 364 pages
...point of view. Macaulay regrets that these works should in our time be so little read ; he thinks that, as compositions, 'they deserve the attention of every...acquainted with the full power of the English language. We need hardly warn students that Milton's prose is to be enjoyed without being imitated ; for modern... | |
| Robert Gibbs - Buckinghamshire (England) - 1888 - 442 pages
...expressive, and frequently adorned with profuse, glowing imagery. It is to be regretted, says Lord Macaulay, "that the prose writings of Milton should, in our...abound with passages compared with which the finest declarations of Burke sink into insignificance ; they are a perfect field of cloth of gold ; the style... | |
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