 It is to his honour that Milton read and imitated him, as every attentive reader of both poets must soon discover. He is eminently entitled to a very high rank among our old English classics.  Bookseller's catalogues - Page 22by Thomas Dash - 1824Full view - About this book
 | Henry Headley - 1787 - 202 pages
...early, as he calls them " raw eflays of my • • d 3 Ytry very unripe years, and almoft childhood." It is to his honour that Milton read and imitated him, as every attentive reader of both poets muft foon difcover. He is eminently intitled to a very high rank among our old Englifii dailies. —... | |
 | Henry Headley - 1787 - 212 pages
...'he calls them «' raw effays gf my d 3 very unripe years, and almoft childhood." It is to his honoup that Milton read and imitated him, as every attentive reader of both poets muft foon difcovcr. He is eminently intitled to a very high rank among our old Englilh dailies. —... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1795 - 912 pages
...purity : he could not plan with prccifion and delicacy, and ble to join correctness with fpirit. tt ii to his honour that Milton read and imitated him, as every attentive reader of Ptilarctt and " Lycidas," muft foon difcover : the refcmblance is obvious ; and it is detracting nothing... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 802 pages
...were written very early, as he calls them ' raw essays of my very unripe years, and almost childhood.' It is to his honour that Milton read and imitated...discover. He is eminently entitled to a very high rank among our old English classics. — Quarles in his verses prefixed to the Purple Island hints... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 562 pages
...very unripe years, and ahnost childhood/ It is to his honour that Milton read and imitated him, л every attentive reader of both poets must soon discover. He is eminently entitled to a very high rank among our old English classics. — Quark's ¡i his verses prefixed to lhe Purple Island hints... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1814 - 540 pages
...were written very early, as he calls them 1 raw essays of my very unripe years, and almost childhood.' It is to his honour that Milton read and imitated...discover. He is eminently entitled to a very high rank among our old English classics. — Quarles, in his verses prefixed to The Purple Island, hints... | |
 | David Erskine Baker - 1812 - 482 pages
...written " very early, as he calls them " ' raw essays of my very unripe ' years, and almost childhood.' ' It is to his honour that Milton ' read and imitated...attentive reader of both poets ' must soon discover. He is emi' nently entitled to a very high " rank among our old English " classics." FOOTE, SAMUEL. This wellknown... | |
 | David Erskine Baker - 1812 - 476 pages
...written ' very early, as he calls them ' ' raw essays of my very unripe ' years, and almost childhood.' ' It is to his honour that Milton ' read and imitated...reader of both poets' ' must soon discover. He is eral' nently entitled to a very high " rank among our old English " classics." FOOTR, SAMURL. This... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1814 - 542 pages
...were written very early, as he calls them ' raw essays of my very unripe years, and almost childhood.' It is to his honour that Milton read and imitated...discover. He is eminently entitled to a very high rank among our old English classics. — Quarles, in his verses prefixed to The Purple Island, hints... | |
 | Longman (Firm), Thomas Park - 1815 - 481 pages
...surpass, what we meet with of the kind even in Spenser, from whom our author caught his inspiration. — It is to his honour that Milton read and imitated...discover. He is eminently entitled to a very high rank among our old English classics." 275. FLETCHER (Giles). — Christs Victorie, and Triumph in Heauen,... | |
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