 But, of all the borrowers from Homer, Milton is perhaps the least indebted. He was naturally a thinker for himself, confident of his own abilities, and disdainful of help or hindrance: he did not refuse admission to the thoughts or images of his predecessors,...  The Lives of the English Poets - Pagina 124door Samuel Johnson - 1826 - 420 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Samuel Johnson, William Alexander Clouston - 1875 - 346 pagina’s
...contrived the structure of an epic poem, and therefore owes reverence to that vigour and amplitude of mind to which all generations must be indebted...naturally a thinker for himself, confident of his own abilities, and disdainful of help or hindrance : he did not refuse admission to the thoughts or images... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1884 - 348 pagina’s
...contrived the structure of an epic poem, and therefore owes reverence to that vigour and amplitude of mind to which all generations must be indebted...dialogue, and all the stratagems that surprise and sustain attention. But, of all the borrowers from Homer, Milton is perhaps the least indebted. He was... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1892 - 180 pagina’s
...contrived the structure of an epick poem, and therefore owes reverence to that vigour and amplitude of mind to which all generations must be indebted...stratagems that surprise and enchain attention. But, 20 of all the borrowers from Homer, Milton is perhaps the least indebted. He was naturally a thinker... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1894 - 196 pagina’s
...contrived the structure of 30 an epick poem, and therefore owes reverence to that vigour and amplitude of mind to which all generations must be indebted...naturally a thinker for himself, confident of his own abilities, and disdainful of help or hindrance : he did not refuse admission to the thoughts or images... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Wight Duff - 1900 - 318 pagina’s
...poem, and therefore owes reverence to that vigour and amplitude of mind to which all genera1 5 tions must be indebted for the art of poetical narration,...borrowers from Homer, Milton is perhaps the least 20 indebted. He was naturally a thinker for himself, confident of his own abilities, and disdainful... | |
 | 1901 - 628 pagina’s
...the art of English Poetry might be learned. . . . of incidents, the interposition of dialogue, aud all the stratagems that surprise and enchain attention....naturally a thinker for himself, confident of his own abilities, and disdainful of help or hindrance ; he did not refuse admission to the thoughts or images... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 744 pagina’s
...have contrived the structure of an epic poem, and therefore owes reverence to that vigor and amplitude of mind to which all generations must be indebted...naturally a thinker for himself, confident of his own abilities, and disdainful of help or hindrance; he did not refuse admission to the thoughts or images... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 754 pagina’s
...have contrived the structure of an epic poem, and therefore owes reverence to that vigor and amplitude of mind to which all generations must be indebted...naturally a thinker for himself, confident of his own abilities, and disdainful of help or hindrance; he did not refuse admission to the thoughts or images... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 752 pagina’s
...feave contrived the structure of an epic poem, and therefore owes reverence to that vigor and amplitude of mind to which all generations must be indebted...naturally a thinker for himself, confident of his own abilities, and disdainful of help or hindrance; he did not refuse admission to the thoughts or images... | |
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