 The sight of his books, the sound of his name, are pleasant to us. His thoughts resemble those celestial fruits and flowers which the Virgin Martyr of Massinger sent down from the gardens of Paradise to the earth, and which were distinguished from the...  Life and Times of John Milton - Page 305by William Carlos Martyn - 1866 - 307 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Matthew Arnold - 1879 - 368 pages
...all the pure and quiet affection of an English fireside.' He may glow at being told that ' Milton's thoughts resemble those celestial fruits and flowers...sent down from the gardens of Paradise to the earth, and which were distinguished from the productions of other souls not only by superior bloom and sweetness,... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - Democracy - 1879 - 368 pages
...all the pure and quiet affection of an English fireside.' He may glow at being told that 'Milton's thoughts resemble those celestial fruits and flowers which the Virgin Martyr of Massinger sent down from.the gardens of Paradise to the earth, and which were distinguished from the productions of other... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1880 - 640 pages
...how to prize; and of these was Milton. The sight of his books, the sound of his name, are pleasant to us. His thoughts resemble those celestial fruits...sent down from the gardens of Paradise to the earth, and which were distinguished from the productions of other soils, not only by superior bloom and sweetness,... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - English essays - 1880 - 372 pages
...all the pure and quiet affection of an English fireside.' He may glow at being told that 'Milton's thoughts resemble those celestial fruits and flowers...sent down from the gardens of Paradise to the earth, and which were distinguished from the productions of other souls not only by superior bloom and sweetness,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English - 1880 - 844 pages
...Milton. The sight of his books, the sound of his name, are pleasant to us. His thoughts re«erable those celestial fruits and flowers which the Virgin...sent down from the gardens of Paradise to the earth, and which were distinguished from the productions of other soils, not only by superior bloom and sweetness,... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - Democracy - 1880 - 368 pages
...with all the pure and quiet affection of an English fireside;' or about ' Milton's thoughts resembling those celestial fruits and flowers which the Virgin...sent down from the gardens of Paradise to the earth;' the phrases are mere rhetoric. Macaulay's writing passes for being admirably clear, and so externally... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - Democracy - 1880 - 372 pages
...quiet affection of an English fireside ; ' or about ' Milton's thoughts resembling those celest1al fruits and flowers which the Virgin Martyr of Massinger...sent down from the gardens of Paradise to the earth ; ' the phrases are mere rhetoric. Macaulay's writing passes for being admirably clear, and so externally... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1880 - 772 pages
...how to prize ; and of these was Milton. The sight of his books, the sound of his name, are pleasant to us. His thoughts resemble those celestial fruits and flowers which the Virgin Martyr of Mas*inger sent down from the gardens of Paradise to the earth, and which were distinguished from the... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - Democracy - 1880 - 476 pages
...all the pure and quiet affection of an English. fireside.' He may glow at being told that 'Milton's thoughts resemble those celestial fruits and flowers which the Virgin Martyr of Massingersent down from the gardens of Paradise to the earth, and which were distinguished from the... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1882 - 878 pages
...how to prize ; and of these was Milton. The sight of his books, the sound of his name, are pleasant to us. His thoughts resemble those celestial fruits...sent down from the gardens of Paradise to the earth, and which were distinguished from the productions of other soils, not only by superior bloom and sweetness,... | |
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