...Imp. 8vo, with Portraits, cl. extra, 15*. " Itis to be regretted that the prose writings of Milton should, in our time, be so little read. As compositions,...passages compared with which the finest declamations of Furke sink into insignificance. They are a perfect field of cloth of gold. The style is stiff with...

...Imp. 8vo, with Portraits, cl. extra, i5$. ** 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 be_come acquainted with the full power of the English language. They abound with passages compared...

...Imp. 8vo, with Portraits, cl. extra, 15$. " 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 w1shes to become acquainted with the full power of the English language. They abound with passages...

...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...

...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. Let us open...

...before, f occupied about * " It is to be regretted that the prose writings of Milton should In oar time be so little read. As compositions, they deserve...gold. The style is stiff with gorgeous embroidery." — Macaulay. t According to Voltaire, " Milton, as he was travelling in Italy, In his youth, •aw...

...The same writer regrets that Milton's prose writings are so little read. 'As compositions,' he says, * The principal of these performances are the Areopagitwa, in which he advocates the liberty of the press;...

...and glowing imagery. "It is to be regretted," says Lord Macaulay, "that the prose writings of Milton should in our time be so little read. As compositions,...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...

...first published in 1644. "It is to be regretted," says Macaulay, "that the prose writings of Milton should, in our time, be so little read. As 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...

...Impetus, et rapido contrarius erehor orbi." It is to be regretted that the prose writings of Milton eum were galled and red : <'"M palsy shook her bead; .v perfect field of cloth of gold. The style is stiff, with gorgeous embroidery. Not even in the earlier...