...present, we turn for a short time from the topics of the day, to commemorate, in all love and reverence, the genius and virtues of John Milton, the poet, the...literature, the champion and the martyr of English liberty. 0 20 It is by his poetry that Milton is best known; and it is of his poetry that we wish first to speak....

...present, we turn for a short time from the topics of the day to commemorate, in all love and reverence, the genius and virtues of John Milton, the poet, the...philosopher, the glory of English literature, the champion 10 and the martyr of English liberty. It is by his poetry that Milton is best known; and it is of his...

...present, we turn for a short time from the topics of the day to /commemorate, in all love and reverence, the genius and ^ ^ virtues of John Milton, the poet,...statesman, the/ \ philosopher, the glory of English Iiterature7"tf1e--efeamp"1orr- \ 1ol and the martyr of English liberty. It is by his poetry that Milton...

...present, we turn for a short time from the topics of the day, to commemorate, in all love and reverence, the genius and virtues of John Milton, the poet, the...wish first to speak. By the general suffrage of the civilised world, his place has been assigned 10 among the greatest masters of the art. His detractors,...

...and the martyr of English liberty. § 8. It is by his poetry that Milton is best known; ; i; id itis of his poetry that we wish first to speak. -By the...has been assigned among the greatest masters of the 20 art. His detractors, however, though outvoted, have not been silenced. There are many critics, and...

...THACKERAY: Vanity Fair. I. Punctuate the following paragraphs from Macaulay, Southey, and Webster : 1. It is by his poetry that Milton is best known and it is of his poetry that we first wish to speak by the general suffrage of the civilized world his place has been assigned among...

...we turn for a so short time from the topics of the day, to commemorate, in all love and reverence, the genius and virtues of John Milton, the poet, the...the philosopher, the glory of English literature, 5 the champion and the martyr of English liberty. It is by his poetry that Milton is best known; and...

..."Paradise Regained" and the noble and pathetic tragedy of " Samson Agonistes " are attributed to 1670. "John Milton, the poet, the statesman, the philosopher,...the glory of English literature, the champion and martyr of English liberty." "There is no spectacle in the history of literature more touching and sublime...

...makes that thing more fully known by revealing another of its attributes ; as, " We turn to commemorate the genius and virtues of John Milton, the poet, the...literature, the champion and the martyr of English liberty." — Macaulay. " At the first glimpse he thought it a dog — long, lean, skulking, prowling, tawny...

...fresco to Leonardo, and his campaigns to Napoleon, that was his history to Macaulay. — Trevelyan. 14. It is by his poetry that Milton is best known; and it is of his poetry that we first wish to speak.—Macaulay. 15. Shall I care about how they criticise the outside of my life?...