 | 1847 - 662 pagina’s
...poured all the volume of his collected bile. Take this one passage as a specimen of the whole : — ' Let not our veneration for Milton forbid us to look...some degree of merriment on great promises and small performances ; on the man who hastens home because his countrymen are contending for their liberty,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1842 - 716 pagina’s
...that he might avoid the noise of the street. Here he received more boys to be boarded and instructed. several years, it filled arc contending for their liberty, and, when he reaches the scene of action, vapours away his patriotism... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1843 - 718 pagina’s
...that he might avoid the noise of the street. Here he received more bovs to be hoarded and instructed. Let not our veneration for Milton forbid us to look with some degree of merriment on great [•romises and small performance, on the man who hastens home, because his countrymen arc contcndingfor... | |
 | 1845 - 570 pagina’s
...in a sneer which is too injurious to be neglected. " Let not our veneration for Milton," says he, " forbid us to look with some degree of merriment on...away his patriotism in a private boarding-school." It is not true that Milion had made " great promises," on any promises at all. But if he had made the... | |
 | 1846 - 396 pagina’s
...in a sneer which is too injurious to be neglected. " Let not our veneration for Milton," says he, " forbid us to look with some degree of merriment on...away his patriotism in a private boarding-school." It is not true that Milton had made " great promises," on any promises at all. But if he had made the... | |
 | Short memoirs - 1847 - 170 pagina’s
...received more boys to be boarded and instructed. Dr. Johnson, speaking of this circumstance, says,— " Let not our veneration for Milton forbid us to look...hastens home because his countrymen are contending for liberty, and when he reaches the scene of action, vapours away his patriotism in a private boarding-school.... | |
 | William Howitt - 1847 - 524 pagina’s
...for Milton forbid us to look with some degree of merriment on great promises and small performances ; on the man who hastens home because his countrymen...away his patriotism in a private boarding-school." The passage is as false as it is malicious. Milton did not promise to come home and put himself at... | |
 | John Milton - 1847 - 604 pagina’s
...that he might avoid the noise of the street. Here he received more boys, to be boarded and instructed. Let not our veneration for Milton forbid us to look...performance ; on the man who hastens home, because IMS countrymen are contending for their liberty, and, when he reaches the scene of action, vapours... | |
 | John Milton - 1850 - 704 pagina’s
...of his friends to admit then- sons to the same privilege. On this Dr Johnson remarks, " Let not onr veneration for Milton forbid us to look with some...on the man who hastens home because his countrymen arc contending for their liberty, and when he reaches the scene of action, vapours away his patriotism... | |
 | Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1852 - 652 pagina’s
...received more boys to b«? boarded and instructed. Dr. Johnson, speaking of this circumstance, says, — " Let not our veneration for Milton forbid us to look...great promises and small performance, on the man who hasteas home because his countrymen are contending for liberty, and when he reaches the scene of action,... | |
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Let not our veneration for Milton forbid us to look with some degree of merriment on great promises and small performance, on the man who hastens home because his countrymen are contending for their liberty, and, when he reaches the scene of action, vapours... 
