 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
 | 1827 - 684 páginas
...exertion so different as poetry and prose. It is the remark of a modern critic, that his prose writings abound with passages, compared with which the finest declamations of Burke sink into insignificance. So we think and feel. It is an immortal honor that he advanced far beyond the knowledge... | |
 | 1840 - 882 páginas
...a previous number'of this same Edinburgh Review, and differing widely from that of his successor. " They deserve the attention of every man who wishes...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.... | |
 | 1835 - 932 páginas
...fertility,— " Nitor in adversum ; nee me, qui caetera, vincit Impetus, et rápidocontraiiuscvchor orbi." It is to be regretted that the prose writings...with which the finest declamations of Burke sink into insignificance. They are a perfect field o[ cloth of gold. The style is stiff with gorgeous embroidery.... | |
 | Maurice Cross - 1835 - 508 páginas
...of light and fertility,— " Nitor ¡n adversum ; nee nie, qui caetera, vincit Impetus, et rápido contrarius evehor orbi." It is to be regretted that...wishes to become acquainted with the full power of Ihe English language. They abound with passages, compared with which the finest ¡eelamations of Burke... | |
 | British and foreign young men's society - 1837 - 556 páginas
...writings of Milton. The eloquence and pathos of the concluding paragraphs will commend themselves, " 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.... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1826 - 644 páginas
...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.... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1843 - 720 páginas
...Latin idiom in the construction of his sentences. ' It is to be regretted,' says a modern critic, * that the prose writings of Milton should, in our time,...with which the finest declamations of Burke sink into insignificance. They are a perfect field of cloth uf gold. The style is stiff with gorgeous embroidery.... | |
 | Albert Henry Payne - 1844 - 270 páginas
...light and fertility. Nitor in adversum ; nee roe, qui c,i tera, vincit Impetus, et rapido contrariiis evehor orbi. It is to be regretted that the prose...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 Seely Hart - 1845 - 404 páginas
...pains for our crowns shall be less. MILTON. (1608-1674.) ["It is to be regretted," says Macaulay, " that the prose writings of Milton should, in our time,...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.... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 páginas
...be regretted,' says a modern critic, • that the prose writings of Milton should, in our time, 1* 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 is stiff with gorgeous embroidery.... | |
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