 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...  Lord Macaulay's Essays ; And, Lays of Ancient Rome - Pagina 29door Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1892 - 924 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1840 - 464 pagina’s
...career resembled that of the god of light and fertility, ' Nitor in adversum ; nee me, qui cetera, vincit Impetus, et rapido contrarius evehor orbi.'...books of the Paradise Lost has he ever risen higher th/in in those parts of his controversial works, in which his feelings, excited by conflict, find a... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1845 - 404 pagina’s
...our pains for our crowns shall be less. MILTON. (1608-1674.) ["!T id to be regretted," says Macaulay, "that the prose writings of MILTON should, in our...gorgeous embroidery. Not even in the earlier books of thn Paradise Lost has he ever risen higher than in those parts of his controversial works in which... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 594 pagina’s
...idiom in the construction of his sentences. Yet a recent critic in the Edinburgh Review remarks, that ' it is to be regretted that the prose writings of Milton...gorgeous embroidery. Not even in the earlier books of Paradise Lost has he ever risen higher, than in those parts of his controversial works in which his... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1852 - 764 pagina’s
...contrarius cvehor orbi." It is to be regretted that the prose writings of Milton should, in our lime, be so little read. As compositions, they deserve the...are a perfect field of cloth of gold. ' The style is stifl", with gorgeous embroidery. Not even in the earlier books of the Paradise Lost has he ever risen... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1853 - 658 pagina’s
...and fertility. " Nitor in adversum ; nee me, qui coetera, vincit Impttus, ct rapido contrarius evchor orbi." It is to be regretted that the prose writings...even in the earlier books of the Paradise Lost has the great poet ever risen higher than in those parts of his controversial works in which his feelings,... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1856 - 590 pagina’s
...idiom in the construction of his sentences. Yet a recent critic in the Edinburgh Review remarks, that ' it is to be regretted that the prose writings of Milton...gorgeous embroidery. Not even in the earlier books of Paradise Lost has he ever risen higher, than in those parts of his controversial works in which his... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1856 - 770 pagina’s
...regretted that the prose writings of Milton should, in our time, be so little read. As composions, they deserve the attention of every man who wishes...are a perfect field of cloth of gold. The style is stifT, with gorgeous embroidery. Not even in the earlier books of the Paradise Lost has he ever rifen... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1858 - 594 pagina’s
...idiom in the construction of his sentences. Yet a recent critic in the Edinburgh Review remarks, that ' it is to be regretted that the prose writings of Milton...style is stiff with gorgeous embroidery. Not even in tha earlier books of Paradise Lost has he ever risen higher, than in those parts of his controversial... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860 - 1084 pagina’s
...with the full power of the English language. They abound with passages compared with which the*finest declamations of Burke sink into insignificance. They...even in the earlier books of the Paradise Lost has the great poet ever risen higher than in those parts of his controversial works in which his feelings,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1897 - 1102 pagina’s
...power of the English language. They abound with passages compared with which the finest declamations ot Burke sink into insignificance. They are a perfect...even in the earlier books of the Paradise Lost has the great poet ever risen higher than in those parts of his controversial works in which his feelings,... | |
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