...whole of the ¿Eneid about once a year. Macaulay, in speaking of Milton's prose, says : " It deserves the attention of every man who wishes to become acquainted with the full power of the English language." But Milton is especially distinguished for his intimate acquaintance with the languages in which Cicero...

...celebrated Essay on Milton. ' It is to be regretted,' he says, ' that tbe. prose writings of Milton should, in our time, be so little read. As compositions,...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, excited...

...celebrated Essay on Milton. ' It is to be regretted,' he says, ' that the prose writings of Milton should, in our time, be so little read. As compositions,...They abound with passages compared with which the fmest declamations of Burke sink into insignificance. They are a perfect field of cloth of gold. The...

...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,...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, excited...

...the English language. The eulogy which Macaulay bestows on his prose generally, that " it abounds in passages compared with which the finest declamations of Burke sink into insignificance," is at least not extravagant here. Next year (1645) he published the first collected edition of his...

...regretted that the prose writings of Milton should, in our time, be so little rend. As compositions, thry deserve the attention of every man who wishes to become...finest declamations of Burke sink into insignificance. Thoy are a perfoct field of cloth of gold. The style is stiff with gorgeous embroidery. Not even in...

...of the Kngli^h language. They abound with passages compared with which the finest dpclumaticms <>l Burke sink into insignificance. They are a perfect field of cloth of gold. The style Is stiff with gorgeoiu embroidery. Not even in the earlier books of the Paradise Lost has the great poet ever risen...

...Milton's time. Milton's prose style is singularly vigorous and eloquent. ' His works.' says Macaulay, ' deserve the attention of every man who wishes to become...even in the earlier books of the "Paradise Lost" has he ever risen higher than in those parts of his contioversial works in which his feelings, excited...

...time. • Milton's prose style is singularly vigorous and eloquent. ' His works,' says Macaulay, ' deserve the attention of every man who wishes to become acquainted with the fall power of the English language. They abound with passages compared with which the finest declamations...

...1mpetus, 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,...even in the earlier books of the Paradise Lost has he ever risen higher than in those parts of his controversial works in which his feelings, excited...