 | 1828 - 592 pages
...especially of the higher efforts of poetry, ' I was confirmed,' he says, in his usual noble style, ' I was confirmed in this opinion, that he who would not...hereafter in laudable things, ought himself to be » true poem; that is, a composition and pattern of the best and honorablest things; not presuming... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1828 - 572 pages
...especially of the higher efforts of poetry. « I was confirmed,' he says, in his usual noble style, « I was confirmed in this opinion, that he who would not...frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable tiiings, ought himself to be a true poem; that is, a composition and pattern of the best and honorablest... | |
 | John Milton - 1829 - 130 pages
...Sallust, in my estimation, is superior to all the Roman authors in combining brevity and copiousness— would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter...true poem ; that is, a composition and pattern of the most honourable things; not presuming to sing high praises of heroic men or famous cities, unless he... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - 1830 - 630 pages
...especially of the higher efforts of poetry. ' I was confirmed,' he says in his usual noble style — 1 1 was confirmed in this opinion ; that he who would...that is, a composition and pattern of the best and honorablesl things ; not presuming to sing of high praises of heroic men or famous cities, unless he... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - 1830 - 630 pages
...especially of the higher efforts of poetry. ' I was confirmed,' he says in his usual noble style— ' I was confirmed in this opinion ; that he who would...that is, a composition and pattern of the best and honorablcst things ; not presuming to sing of high praises of heroic men or famous cities, unless he... | |
 | 1830 - 550 pages
...expressed in the single sentence which follows! "And long it was not after, when I was confirmed in I liis opinion, that he who would not be frustrate of his...that is, a composition and pattern of the best and honorablest things ; not presuming to sing high praises of heroic men and famous cities, unless he... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1830 - 426 pages
...(notwithstanding that critics are ever asserting their impersonality) 1 " And long it was not after, when I was confirmed in this opinion, that he who would not...frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable tilings, ought himself to be a true poem." — MILTON'S Apology for Smectymuuus. — far more certain... | |
 | 1830 - 540 pages
...epic. How much is expressed in the single sentence which follows! "And Jong it was not after, when I was confirmed in this opinion, that he who would not be frustrate of bis hope to write well hereafter in laudable things, ought himself to be a true poem ; that is, a composition... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - 1833 - 892 pages
...of an antagonist. He " was confirmed," he says, " in this opinion : that he who would not frustrate his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things,...that is, a composition and pattern of the best and honorablest things ; not presuming to sing high praises of heroic men or famous cities, unless he have... | |
 | John Milton - 1835 - 1044 pages
...verse, displaying sublime and pure thoughts, without transgression. And long it was not after, when I was confirmed in this opinion, that he who would not...best and honourablest things ; not presuming to sing high praises of heroic men, or famous cities, unless he have in himself the erperience and the practice... | |
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I was confirmed in this opinion, that he who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things, ought himself to be a true poem... 
