 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 - Página 57por Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1854Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Afternoon lectures - 1866 - 242 páginas
...shall not spoil by attempting to paraphrase. " As compositions which deserve the attention of every one who wishes to become acquainted with the full power of the English language, they abound," says that distinguished man (himself, like Milton, poet, orator, and historian), " with passages, compared... | |
 | Treasury - 1868 - 148 páginas
...be read wholly and with diligence and altention. Bacon, TABLE TALK". 57 THE PROSE WORKS OF MILTON. 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.... | |
 | 1869 - 376 páginas
...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... | |
 | John Milton - 1870 - 382 páginas
...than Lord Mucaulay, in his celebrated Essay on Milton. 'It is to bo regretted,' he says, ' that th^ prose writings of Milton should, in our time, be so...compositions, they deserve the attention of every 111:111 who wishes to become acquainted with the full power of tho English language. They abound with... | |
 | 1869 - 484 páginas
..."It is to be regretted," says Macaulay, that the prose-writings of Milton should in our time [1825J be so little read. As compositions they deserve the...with which the finest declamations of Burke sink into insignificance. They are a perfect field of cloth-of-gold. The style 13 stiff with gorgeous embroidery.... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1872 - 654 páginas
...Every epithet is a text for a stanza." His Prose Writings. — " It is to be regretted that the proee writings of Milton should, In our time, be so little...abound with passages compared with which the finest declamation» of Burke sink into fnsigniflcance. They are a perfect field of cloth of gold. The style... | |
 | John Milton - 1873 - 130 páginas
...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...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 Milton - 1873 - 130 páginas
...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...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.... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays]) - 1874 - 328 páginas
...regicide. He ridiculed the Eikon. He aKacked the prevailing "Nitor in adversum ; nee me, qui caetera. vincit Impetus, et rapido contrarius evehor orbi."...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.... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays]) - 1874 - 264 páginas
...career resembled that of the god of light and fertility. " Nitor in adversum ; nee me, qni extern, vincit Impetus, et rapido contrarius evehor orbi."...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.... | |
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