 | 1827 - 330 pages
...to him, " Thou hast said much here of Paradise Lott, but what hast thou to say of Paradise Found I" He made me no answer, but sat some time in a muse;...put it into my head by the question you put to me at Ohalfont, which before I had not thought of." But from this digression, I return to the family I then... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 pages
...agam,-he returned thither; and when, afterwards, I went to wait on him there —which I s.'ldom failed o£ betrayed you at once." ' On this occasion, Smollett visited his owinsr to you, for you put it into my head at Chalfout ; which before I had not thought of.' El'.vn... | |
 | John Milton - 1832 - 328 pages
...Ixviii. and Samson Agonistes.33 The former poem he showed to his friend Elwood. ' This,' said he, ' is owing to you, for you put it into my head, by the questions you put to me at Chalfont, which otherwise, I had not thought of.' When it was accounted... | |
 | 1833 - 814 pages
...to wait upon him, which I seldom failed of doing whenever my occasions led me to London) he showed Z V n " g M u So x B (r #)bx &/ u K ^] 3)... 7 m8 | X ] VZaC5 UYc #a^ @@K`" p into my head by the question you put to me at dialfont, what before I had not thought of.' " The term... | |
 | John Milton - 1835 - 350 pages
...having called on the poet after his return to London, was shown by him this poem, with the remark, " This is owing to you; for you put it into my head by the question you put to me at Chalfont." He is said to have written it in a state of uninterrupted fervor, according to the spirit which he... | |
 | Jeremiah Whitaker Newman - 1838 - 404 pages
...there, and he showed me his second poem, called Paradise Regained, saying to me in a pleasant tone, ' This is owing to you, for you put it into my head, by the question you asked meat Charlfont, which before, I had not thought of.'" It has been said by a humorous writer,... | |
 | John Milton - 1838 - 518 pages
...Regained and Samson Agonistes.32 The former poem he showed to his friend Rl wood. ' This,' said lie, ' is owing to you, for you put it into my head, by the questions you put to me at Chalfont, which otherwise I had not thought of.' When it was accounted inferior... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - 1838 - 400 pages
...to have been commenced and finished at Chalfont. " This," said Milton, showing the poem to Elwood, " is owing to you, for you put it into my head, by the questions you put to me at Chalfont, which otherwise I had not thought of." He never admitted its inferiority... | |
 | John Milton - 1841 - 556 pages
...upon him in London, Milton showed him his " Paradise Regained," and in a pleasant tone said to him, " This is owing to you, for you put it into my head hy the question you put to me at Chalfont, which hefore I had not thought of." He remained in Chalfont... | |
 | 1847 - 640 pages
...whenever ray occasions drew me to London, he showed me his second poem, called ' PARADISE GAINED ;' and, in a pleasant tone, said to me, ' This is owing...you put it into my head by the question you put to m>; at Chalfunt, which befare I had not thought of.' " Golden days were these for the young Latin reader,... | |
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He made me no answer, but sat some time in a muse; then brake off that discourse, and fell upon another subject. After the sickness was over, and the city well cleansed, and become safely habitable again, he returned thither. And when afterwards I went... 
