 | 1828
...poetry, ' I was confirmed,' he says, in his usual noble style, ' I was confirmed in this opinion, that he who would not be frustrate of his hope to write...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
...poetry. « I was confirmed,' he says, in his usual noble style, « I was confirmed in this opinion, that he who would not be 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 - 120 страници
...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 - 603 страници
...poetry. ' I was confirmed,' he says in his usual noble style — 1 1 was confirmed in this opinion ; that he who would not be frustrate of his hope to write...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 - 603 страници
...poetry. ' I was confirmed,' he says in his usual noble style— ' I was confirmed in this opinion ; that he who would not be frustrate of his hope to write...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
...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...that is, a composition and pattern of the best and honorablest things ; not presuming to sing high praise? of heroic men and famous cities, unless he... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1830 - 367 страници
...asserting their impersonality) 1 " And long it was not after, when I was confirmed in this opinion, that he who would not be 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... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - 1833
...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 - 976 страници
...thoughts, without transgression. And long it was not after, when I was confirmed in this opinion, that he who would not be frustrate of his hope to write...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... | |
 | Henry Fothergill Chorley - 1836 - 273 страници
...extracted specimens. IT was our divine Milton, who, wisely as forcih.'.y, laid down the principle "that he who would not be frustrate of his hope to write...himself to be a true poem, that is, a composition of the best and honorablest things." Often as this golden wisdom has been neglected by our poets —... | |
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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... 
