 vincit Impetus, et rapido contrarius evehor orbi." 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...  Critical and Miscellaneous Essays - Page 57by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1854Full view - About this book
 | Matthew Arnold - Democracy - 1880 - 368 pages
...prose writings of Milton should not be more read. ' They abound,' he says in his rhetorical way, ' with passages, compared with which the finest declamations of Burke sink into insignificance.' At any rate, they enable us to judge of Milton's temper, of his freedom from asperity.... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - Life skills - 1880 - 394 pages
...originally in Latin." Oil the other hand, his prose writings cannot be overlooked by any student who would become acquainted with the full power of the English language. " They abound," says Macaulay, " with passages compared with which the finest declamations of Burke sink into insignificance.... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1882 - 878 pages
...light and fertility. " Nitor in adversum ; nee me, qui Cfetera, vincit Impetus, et rapido contrarins evehor orbi." It is to be regretted that the prose...with which the finest declamations of Burke sink into insignificance. They are a perfect field of cloth of gold. The style is stiff with gorgeous embroidery.... | |
 | William Swinton - English literature - 1882 - 686 pages
...ordinary sense. The Areopagitua' 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... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay - English literature - 1883 - 1254 pages
...the Remonstrant. But the length to which our remarks have already extended renders this impossible. It is to be regretted that the prose writings of Milton...with which the finest declamations of Burke sink into insignificance. They are a perfect field of cloth of gold. The style is stiff with gorgeous embroidery.... | |
 | John Smurthwaite - 1883 - 278 pages
...Demosthenes. MILTON'S PHOSE WRITINGS. It ia to be regretted that the prose writings of Milton should, iu our time, be so little read. As compositions, they...with which the finest declamations of Burke sink into insignificance. They are a perfect field of cloth of gold. The style is stiff with gorgeous embroidery.... | |
 | James Baldwin - English language - 1883 - 612 pages
...says Macaulay, " that the prose writings of Milton, should, in our tiuie, be so little read. . . . They abound with passages compared with which the finest declamations of Burke sink into insignificance. They are a perfect field of cloth-of-gold. The style is stiff with gorgeous embroidery.... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - Democracy - 1883 - 540 pages
...prose writings of Milton should not be more read. " They abound," he says in his rhetorical way, " with passages, compared with which the finest declamations of Burke sink into insignificance." At any rate, they enable us to judge of Milton's temper, of his freedom from asperity.... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays], Milton.), Alexander Mackie - English language - 1884 - 216 pages
...Impetus, et rapido contrarius evehor orbi. It is to be regretted that the prose writings of Milton 20 should, in our time, be so little read. As compositions,...wishes to become acquainted with the full power of * Eikon (Eikon Basilike— Portraiture of the King), a book attributed to Charles I., and giving an... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, Truman Jay Backus - American literature - 1884 - 490 pages
...years, from 1658 to 1665; * " It is to bo regretted that the prose writings of Milton should in onr time be so little read. As compositions, they deserve...become acquainted with the full power of the English lan^iage. They abound with passages compared with which the finest declamations of Burke sink into... | |
| |
