 | 1828 - 722 pages
...Poet of his Age, to consider well what it is that he attempts, and in what spirit he attempts it. For the words of Milton are true in all times, and were...neither its lofty glories, nor its fearful perils, are for him. Let him dwindle into a modish balladmonger ; let him worship and be-sing the idols of the... | |
 | Timothy Flint - 1830 - 696 pages
...Poet of his Ago, to consider well what it is that he attempts and in what spirit he attempts it. For the words of Milton are true in all times, and were...never truer than in this : " He who would write heroic pocras, must make his whole life a heroic poem." ' 'With our reader« in general, with mon of right... | |
 | bart Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges - 1834 - 468 pages
...forgiven for citing two or three lines only from one more beautiful passage of this Reviewer : — " The words of Milton are true in all times, and were...heroic poems, must make his whole life a heroic poem.' " My business is not to make up these volumes with extracts from other authors. It is now nearly thirty... | |
 | 1835 - 932 pages
...Poet of his Age, to consider well what it is that he attempts and in what spirit he attempts it. For the words of Milton are true in all times, and were...from this arena ; for neither its lofty glories, nor ils fearful perils, are for him. Let him dwindle into a modish balladmonger ; let him worship and be-sing... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1838 - 476 pages
...Poet of his Age, to consider well what it is that he attempts, and in what spirit he attempts it. For the words of Milton are true in all times, and were...neither its lofty glories, nor its fearful perils, are for him. Let him dwindle into a modish ballad-monger ; let him worship and be-sing the idols of the... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1840 - 862 pages
...Poet of his Age, to consider well what it is that he attempts, and in what spirit he attempts it. For the words of Milton are true in all times, and were...glories, nor its fearful perils, are fit for him. Let him dwindle into a modish balladmonger; let him worship and besing the idols of the time, and the... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1840 - 872 pages
...spirit he attempts it ; for the words of Milton were true at all times, and were never truer than at е so make his life, then let him hasten from this arena ; for neither its lofty glories, nor ite fearful... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1841 - 384 pages
...Poet of his Age, to consider well what it is that he attempts, and in what spirit he attempts it. For the words of Milton are true in all times, and were...neither its lofty glories, nor its fearful perils are for him. Let him dwindle into a modish ballad-monger ; let him worship and be-sing the idols of the... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1845 - 594 pages
...Poet of his Age, to consider well what it is that he attempts, and in what spirit he attempts it. For the words of Milton are true in all times, and were...neither its lofty glories, nor its fearful perils, are for him. Let him dwindle into a modish ballad-monger; let him worship and be-sing the idols of the... | |
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For the words of Milton are true in all times, and were never truer than in this : " He who would write heroic poems must make his whole life a heroic poem. 
