 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1882 - 1192 страници
...least indebted. He was mtnrnllv a thinker for lilnifclf, confident of hi" own abilities, and dixdainfnl of help or hindrance: he did not refuse admission to the thoughts or i mi „• ••- of his prt><1ect^<ii>rs. but h<> did not (M**'k them. From his eonteni|>orarie«... | |
 | George Briggs Starkweather - 1883 - 318 страници
...and too strong to be subdued. ... The highest praise of genius is original invention. . . • Milton was naturally a thinker for himself, confident of...own abilities, and disdainful of help or hindrance. . . . His great works were performed under discountenance, and in blindness; but difficulties vanish... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1884 - 348 страници
...variation of incidents, the interposition of dialogue, and all the stratagems that surprise and sustain attention. But, of all the borrowers from Homer, Milton...images of his predecessors ; but he did not seek them. * * His great works were performed under discountenance and in blindness ; but difficulties vanished... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1892 - 180 страници
...indebted for the art of poetical narration, for the texture of the fable, the variation of incidents, the interposition of dialogue, and all the stratagems that surprise and enchain attention. But, 20 of all the borrowers from Homer, Milton is perhaps the least indebted. He was naturally a thinker... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Wight Duff - 1900 - 318 страници
...indebted for the art of poetical narration, for the texture of the fable, the variation of incidents, the interposition of dialogue, and all the stratagems...borrowers from Homer, Milton is perhaps the least 20 indebted. He was naturally a thinker for himself, confident of his own abilities, and disdainful... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1905 - 530 страници
...indebted for the art of poetical narration, for the texture of the fable, the variation of incidents, the interposition of dialogue, and all the stratagems...borrowers from Homer Milton is perhaps the least indebted 3. He was naturally a thinker for himself, confident of his own abilities 3 and disdainful of help... | |
 | Edwin Watts Chubb - 1914 - 488 страници
...the art of English poetry might be learned. ... I can not wish his work to be other than it is. ... But of all the borrowers from Homer, Milton is perhaps...confident of his own abilities, and disdainful of help or hinderance." WE Channing thought that Johnson could not appreciate Milton because the natures of the... | |
 | Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Robert Grant Martin - 1916 - 566 страници
...indebted for [250 the art of poetical narration, for the texture of the fable, the variation of incidents, the interposition of dialogue, and all the stratagems...confident of his own abilities, and disdainful of help and hindrance; he did not refuse admission to the [260 thoughts or images of his predecessors, but... | |
 | Henry Arthur Treble, George Henry Vallins - 1927 - 244 страници
...indebted for the art of poetical narration, for the texture of the fable, the variation of incidents, the interposition of dialogue, and all the stratagems...did not refuse admission to the thoughts or images ot his predecessors, but he did not seek them. F'rom his contemporaries he neither courted nor received... | |
 | Kevin Pask - 1996 - 238 страници
...indebted for the art of poetical narration, for the texture of the fable, the variation of incidents, the interposition of dialogue, and all the stratagems...confident of his own abilities and disdainful of help or hinderance; he did not refuse admission to the thoughts or images of his predecessors, but he did not... | |
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But of all the borrowers from Homer, Milton is perhaps the least indebted. He was naturally a thinker for himself, confident of his own abilities, and disdainful of help or hindrance : he did not refuse admission to the thoughts or images of his predecessors,... 
