...Milton without the feeling which he himself expresses ? — " He who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things, ought...that is, a composition and pattern of the best and honorablest things ; not presuming to sing high praises of heroic men, or famous cities, unless he...

...this opinion, that he who would not frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter, in things laudable, ought himself to be a true poem; that is, a composition...best and honourablest things; not presuming to sing high praises of heroic men, or famous cities, unless he have himself experience and practice of all...

...Jonson has borrowed this just and noble sentiment from Strabo. * "He who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things ought...and honourablest things — not presuming to sing high praises of heroic men or famous cities, unless he have in himself the experience and practice...

...noble sentiment from Strabo. * "He who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter iu laudable things ought himself to be a true poem —...that is a composition and pattern of the best and houourablest things — not presuming to sing high praises of heroic men or famous cities, unless he...

...us hear what our great poet has to say on this point. "He, who would aspire to write well hereafter, ought himself to be a true poem — that is, a composition and a pattern of the best and honourablest things — not presuming to sing high praises of high men and...

...long it was not after when 1 was confirmed in this opinion, that he, who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things, ought...that is, a composition and pattern of the best and houourablest things, — not presuming to sing * »'. e. most inclined to love, and to light and amorous...

...of wit and words of wisdom.* Milton has prettily observed : ' He who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things, ought...true poem ; that is, a composition and pattern of the honourablest things.' In few cases, we firmly believe, has the truth of this principle met with a fitter...

...in his " Apology for Smectymnuus," that, " he who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well in laudable things, ought himself to be a true poem, that is, a composition of the best and honourablest things ; and have in himself the experience and practice of all which...

...long it was not after when I was confirmed in this opinion, that he who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things, ought...best and honourablest things ; not presuming to sing high praises of heroic men or famous cities, unless he have in himself the experience and the practice...

...though from young lips, that would have made his old face blush. " He who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things, ought himself to be a true poem:" — fancy that sentence — an early and often pronounced formula of Milton's, as we may be sure it...