 ... moral and intellectual qualities. Nor, we are convinced, will the severest of our readers blame us if, on an occasion like the present, we turn for a short time from the topics of the day, to commemorate, in all love and reverence, the genius and...  Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature - Page 430edited by - 1844Full view - About this book
 | Lillian Kimball Stewart - English language - 1900 - 268 pages
...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 js of his poetry that we -first wish to speak — Macaulay. \' V— J" " 15. Shall I care about h'ow... | |
 | George Earle Merkley - English language - 1902 - 336 pages
...for the sake of emphasis. Observe the force that is gained by repetition in the following sentences : It is by his poetry that Milton is best known ; and it is of his poetry that we wish first to speak. — Macaulay. Milton did not strictly belong to any of the classes which we have described. He was... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1903 - 174 pages
...we turn for a short time from the topics of the day, to commemorate, in all love 25 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 among the greatest masters of the art. His detractors,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1903 - 174 pages
...we turn for a short time from the topics of the day, to commemorate, in all love 25 and reverence, the genius and virtues of John Milton, the poet, the...English liberty. It is by his poetry that Milton is best knowji4_and_it-is of his poetry that we wish first to speak. By the general suffrage of the civilised... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English essays - 1903 - 636 pages
...the philosopher, the glory of English literature, the champion and the martyr of English liberty.4 It is by his poetry that Milton is best known ; and...we wish first to speak. By the general suffrage of 1 In the De Doctrind CArisliand Milton inclines to a somewhat anthropomorphic conception of the Deity.... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1903 - 666 pages
...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.4 It is by his poetry that Milton is best known ; and it is of his poetry that we wish first... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1903 - 310 pages
...reverence, the genius and virtues of John I Milton, the poet, the statesman, the philosopher, the I glory of English literature, the champion and the...It is by his poetry that Milton is best known; and 5 it is of his poetry that we wish first to speak. By the general suffrage of the civilised world,... | |
 | Charles Herbert Sylvester - 1903 - 340 pages
...parts of the course that it is unnecessary to dwell longer on him here. Srobn jfflMlton 1608-1674. "John Milton, the poet, the statesman, the philosopher,...literature, the champion and the martyr of English liberty." — TB Macaulay. In personal appearance Milton was attractive, being of medium size and well proportioned,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English essays - 1903 - 644 pages
...of the day, to commemorate, in all love and reverence, the genius and virtues of John Milton, .-ihe poet, the statesman, the philosopher, the glory of...literature, the champion and the martyr of English liberty.4 It is by his poetry that Milton is best known ; and it is of his poetry that we wish first... | |
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