 | 1830 - 550 pàgines
...expressed in the single sentence which follows! "And long it was not after, when I was confirmed in I liis opinion, that he who would not be frustrate of his...that is, a composition and pattern of the best and honorablest things ; not presuming to sing high praises of heroic men and famous cities, unless he... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1830 - 426 pàgines
...Shakespeare was from his Works (notwithstanding that critics are ever asserting their impersonality) 1 " And long it was not after, when I was confirmed in...frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable tilings, ought himself to be a true poem." — MILTON'S Apology for Smectymuuus. — far more certain... | |
 | 1830 - 540 pàgines
...character was as grand as his epic. How much is expressed in the single sentence which follows! "And Jong it was not after, when I was confirmed in this opinion, that he who would not be frustrate of bis hope to write well hereafter in laudable things, ought himself to be a true poem ; that is, a composition... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - 1833 - 892 pàgines
...of an antagonist. He " was confirmed," he says, " in this opinion : that he who would not frustrate his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things,...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 have... | |
 | Henry Fothergill Chorley - 1836 - 302 pàgines
...with extracted specimens. IT was our divine Milton, who, wisely as forciMy, laid down the principle "that he who would not be frustrate of his hope to...himself to be a true poem, that is, a composition of the best and honor-ablest things." .Often as this golden wisdom has been neglected by our poets—often... | |
 | Henry Fothergill Chorley - 1836 - 528 pàgines
...with extracted specimens. IT was our divine Milton, who, wisely as forcih.'.y, laid down the principle "that he who would not be frustrate of his hope to...himself to be a true poem, that is, a composition of the best and honorablest things." Often as this golden wisdom has been neglected by our poets —... | |
 | 1838 - 428 pàgines
...us those they feel within ? Milton gives us the philosophy of Christian epic poets, when he says, " that he who would not be frustrate of his hope to...that is, a composition and pattern of the best and honorablest things ; not presuming to sing of high praises of heroic men or famous cities, unless he... | |
 | 1839 - 636 pàgines
...of them to whom they devote their verse, displaying sublime and pure thoughts without transgression. And long it was not after, when I was confirmed in...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 have... | |
 | Jones Very - 1839 - 202 pàgines
...us those they feel within? Milton gives us the philosophy of Christian epic poets, when he says, " that he who would not be frustrate of his hope to...that is, a composition and pattern of the best and honorablest things ; not presuming to sing of high praises of heroic men or famous cities, unless he... | |
 | John Milton - 1841 - 556 pàgines
...though blind, had I no better guide." The following extracts are only portions of his own defence. " I was confirmed in this opinion, that he who would...write well hereafter in laudable things, ought himself be a true poem ; that is, a composition and pattern of the best and most honourable things ; not presuming... | |
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I was confirmed in this opinion, that he who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things, ought himself to be a true poem... 
