English Men of Letters: Milton, by Mark Pattison, 1900; Goldsmith, by William Black, 1900; Cowper, by Goldwin Smith, 1898Macmillan and Company, 1900 |
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... verses , Greek , Latin , and English , with a confession on Milton's part that he prefers English and Latin composition to Greek ; that to write Greek verses in this age is to sing to the deaf . Gill , Milton finds " a severe critic of ...
... verses , Greek , Latin , and English , with a confession on Milton's part that he prefers English and Latin composition to Greek ; that to write Greek verses in this age is to sing to the deaf . Gill , Milton finds " a severe critic of ...
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Milton strove to qualify himself for his vocation of poet . Verse - making is , to the wits , a game of ingenuity ; to Milton , it is a prophetic office , towards which the will of heaven leads him . The creation he contemplates will ...
Milton strove to qualify himself for his vocation of poet . Verse - making is , to the wits , a game of ingenuity ; to Milton , it is a prophetic office , towards which the will of heaven leads him . The creation he contemplates will ...
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... verse is surcharged . He did not extract from the poets and the great writers whom he was daily turning over , but only from the inferior authors and secondary historians , which he read only once . Most of the material collected in the ...
... verse is surcharged . He did not extract from the poets and the great writers whom he was daily turning over , but only from the inferior authors and secondary historians , which he read only once . Most of the material collected in the ...
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... verses , hexa- meters , " molto erudite , " says the minute - book of the sitting , and others , which " I shifted , in the scarcity of books and conveniences , to patch up . " He obtained much credit by these exercises , which , indeed ...
... verses , hexa- meters , " molto erudite , " says the minute - book of the sitting , and others , which " I shifted , in the scarcity of books and conveniences , to patch up . " He obtained much credit by these exercises , which , indeed ...
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... verses are dis- tinguished from most Neo - latin verse by being a vehicle of real emotion . His technical skill is said to have been surpassed by others ; but that in which he stands alone is , that in these exercises of imitative art ...
... verses are dis- tinguished from most Neo - latin verse by being a vehicle of real emotion . His technical skill is said to have been surpassed by others ; but that in which he stands alone is , that in these exercises of imitative art ...
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Page 118 - And steady loyalty, and faithful love. And thou, sweet Poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still first to fly where sensual joys invade; Unfit in these degenerate times of shame To catch the heart, or strike for honest fame; Dear charming nymph, neglected and decried, My shame in crowds, my solitary pride; Thou source of all my bliss, and all my woe, That found'st me poor at first, and keep'st me so; Thou guide by which the nobler arts excel, Thou nurse of every virtue, fare thee well!
Page 5 - I began thus far to assent both to them and divers of my friends here at home ; and not less to an inward prompting which now grew daily upon me, that by labour and intent study, which I take to be my portion in- this life, joined with the strong propensity of nature, I might perhaps leave something so written to after-times, as they should not willingly let it die.
Page 112 - In all my wanderings round this world of care, In all my griefs — and God has given my share — I still had hopes, my latest hours to crown, Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose...
Page 112 - How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village train, from labour free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree, While many a pastime circled in the shade...
Page 3 - I learn'd at last submission to my lot, But, though I less deplored thee, ne'er forgot. Where once we dwelt our name is heard no more, Children, not thine, have trod my nursery floor...
Page 53 - Tis pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat, To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on the uninjured ear.
Page 55 - Shortening his journey between morn and noon, And hurrying him, impatient of his stay, Down to the rosy west ; but kindly still Compensating his loss with added hours Of social converse and instructive ease, And...
Page 60 - I put the cork into the bottle, desired he would be calm, and began to talk to him of the means by which he might be extricated. He then told me that he had a novel ready for the press, which he produced to me. I looked into it, and saw its merit ; told the landlady I should soon return, and having gone to a bookseller, sold it for sixty pounds. I brought Goldsmith the money, and he discharged his rent, not without rating his landlady in a high tone for having used him so ill '." My next meeting...