 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1844 - 614 páginas
...of the poetry of Milton is the extreme remoteness of the associations, by means of which it acts OD the reader. Its effect is produced, not so much by what it expresses, as by what it suggests, not su much by the ideas which it directly conveys, as by other ideas which are connected with them. He... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1844 - 564 páginas
...Milton is the extreme remoteness of the associations, by means of which it acts on the reader, — that its effect is produced, not so much by what it expresses, as by what it suggests, — that he electrifies the mind through conductors, — that he sketches, and leaves others to fill... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 782 páginas
...striking characteristic of the poetry of Milton is the extreme remoteness of the associations, by means ce and with increasing ability. The question of maritime...called forth all his powers. He clamoured for war w •onveys, as by other ideas which are connected with them. He electrifies the mind through conductors.... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1849 - 714 páginas
...quoting from the " Edinburgh Review," of 1825], " is the extreme remoteness of the associations by means of which it acts on the reader. Its effect is produced,...them. He electrifies the mind through conductors. This is, or was, exactly Mr. Macaulay's prose. He, too, electri&ed the mind through conductors, and... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 768 páginas
...striking characteristic of the poetry of Milton is the extreme remoteness of the associations by means of which it acts on the reader. Its effect is produced,...through conductors. The most unimaginative man must understsnd the " Iliad." Homer gives him no choice, and requires from him no excrtion ; but tskes the... | |
 | 1852 - 780 páginas
...striking characteristic of the poetry of Milton is the extreme remoteness of the w:>ociations. by means cause, were compelled to give him a just testimony."" "raised his l>v what ii ix presses, as by what it suggests, lint so much by the ideas which it directly conveys,... | |
 | William Spalding - 1853 - 446 páginas
...striking characteristic of the poetry of Milton, is the extreme remoteness of the associations by means of which it acts on the reader. Its effect is produced,...understand the Iliad ; Homer gives him no choice; but takes the whole on himself, and sets his images in so clear a light that it is impossible to be... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1853 - 800 páginas
...striking characteristic of the poetry of Milton is the extreme remoteness of the associations by means of which it acts on the reader. Its effect is produced,...which it directly conveys, as by other ideas which arc connected with them. He electrifies the mind through conductors. The most unimaginative man must... | |
 | William Spalding - 1854 - 446 páginas
...striking characteristic of the poetry of Milton, is the extreme remoteness of the associations by means of which it acts on the reader. Its effect is produced,...understand the Iliad ; Homer gives him no choice; but takes the whole on himself, and sets his images in so clear a light that it is impossible to be... | |
 | John Milton - 1855 - 202 páginas
...comprehend a very little. It was long ago remarked by Macaulay, that the effect of Milton's poetry " is produced not so much by what it expresses, as by what it suggests ; not so much by the ideas it directly conveys, as by other ideas which are connected with them." Now these suggestions and ideas... | |
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The most striking characteristic of the poetry of Milton is the extreme remoteness of the associations by means of which it acts on the reader. Its effect is produced, not so much by what it expresses, as by what it suggests ; not so much by the ideas... 
