 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1844 - 564 pages
...man." * Whan Mr. Macaulay tells us, that 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, — that its effect is produced, not so much by what it expresses, as by what it suggests, — that... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1844 - 614 pages
...straggling gleaner may be rewarded with a sheaf. The most striking characteristic 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... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1846 - 782 pages
...straggling gleaner may be rewarded with a sheaf. The most striking characteristic of the poetry of Milton is V q" •onveys, as by other ideas which are connected with them. He electrifies the mind through conductors.... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1849 - 714 pages
...characteristics of the poetry of Milton " [we are quoting from the " Edinburgh Review," of 1825], " is the extreme remoteness of the associations by means...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 - English literature - 1851 - 768 pages
...straggling gleaner may be rewarded with a sheaf. The most striking characteristic of the poetry of Milton is the extreme remoteness of the associations by means...through conductors. The most unimaginative man must understsnd the " Iliad." Homer gives him no choice, and requires from him no excrtion ; but tskes the... | |
 | English essays - 1852 - 780 pages
...most striking characteristic of the poetry of Milton is the extreme remoteness of the w:>ociations. e in his 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,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1852 - 764 pages
...Milton is the extreme remoteness of the associations \iy means of which it acts on the reader. r's effect is produced, not so much by what it expresses, as by what u suggests •mi so much by the ideas which it directly jiveys, as by other ideas which are con nected... | |
 | William Spalding - English language - 1853 - 446 pages
...not, by many of those very pictures. " The most striking characteristic of the poetry of Milton, is the extreme remoteness of the associations by means...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 pages
...straggling gleaner may be rewarded with a sheaf. The most striking characteristic of the poetry of Milton is the extreme remoteness of the associations by means...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 - English literature - 1854 - 446 pages
...not, by many of those very pictures. " The most striking characteristic of the poetry of Milton, is the extreme remoteness of the associations by means...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... | |
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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... 
