...make twelve. Its composition, though the work was probably meditated long before, f occupied about * " It is to be regretted that the prose writings of Milton should In oar time be so little read. As compositions, they deserve the attention of every man who wishes to...

...4to. " It is to bo regretted that the prose writings of Milton should, in our time, bo so little rend. ne three-decker of one hundred and twenty. During the whole pursuit it had Uurkc sink into insignificance. They are a perfect field of cloth of gold. The style is stiff with...

...Areopagitica; a Speech to the Parliament of England for the liberty of unlicensed Printing, Lond., 1044, 4to. y defect of the mind may have a special receipt. In...remarks : " Г was infinitely pleased to find amo mnn who wishes to become acquainted with the full power of the English language. They abound with passages...

...demand. As compositions, says an illustrious writer — himself a prose-writer of the highest rank — they deserve the attention of every man who wishes...power of the English language. ' They abound with p:t,ss:iges compared with which the finest declamations of Burke sink into insignificance. They are...

...prose writings of Milton should not be more read. ' They abound,' he says in his rhetorical way, ' with passages, compared with which the finest declamations of Burke sink into insignificance.' At any rate, they enable us to judge of Milton's temper, of his freedom from asperity. Let us open...

...fertility. • " Nitor in adversum ; nee me, qui ccetera, vincit Impetus, et rapido contrarius evehor orbi." It is to be regretted that the prose writings of Milton...abound with passages compared with which the finest deckmations of Burke sink into insignificance. They are a perfect field of cloth of gold. The style...

...the construction of his sentences. ' It is to be regretted,' sa}rs Lord Macaulay, ' that the pri)se writings of Milton should in our time be so little...they deserve the attention of every man who wishes to bec"rae acquainted with the full power of the English language. They abound with passages compared...

...ordinary sense. The Areopagitica ' was tirst published in 1644. "It is to be regretted," says Macaulay, "that the prose writings of Milton should, in our...compositions, they deserve the attention of every one who wishes to become acquainted with the full power of the English language. They arc a perfect...

...His Own Time ;" Milton's " Areopagitica " and " Tractate of Education," of which Macaulay says that " they abound with passages compared with which the...finest declamations of Burke sink into insignificance ; " John Selden's " Table-Talk.; " Lord Bacon's " Essays ; " Richard Hooker's " Laws of Ecclesiastical...

...' prose writings of Milton should not be more read. •They abound,' he says in his rhetorical way, 'with passages, compared with which the finest declamations of Burke sink into insignificance.' At any rate, they enable ns to judge of Milton's temper, of his freedom from asperity. Let us open...