 | 1845 - 570 страници
...injurious to be neglected. " Let not our veneration for Milton," says he, " forbid us to look with some degree of merriment on great promises and small performance:...away his patriotism in a private boarding-school." It is not true that Milion had made " great promises," on any promises at all. But if he had made the... | |
 | 1846 - 396 страници
...injurious to be neglected. " Let not our veneration for Milton," says he, " forbid us to look with some degree of merriment on great promises and small performance:...away his patriotism in a private boarding-school." It is not true that Milton had made " great promises," on any promises at all. But if he had made the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1846 - 714 страници
...hastens home, because his countrymen arc contending for their liberty, and, when he reaches the «cene of action, vapours away his patriotism in a private...should be degraded to a school-master ; but, since it cannot be denied that he taught boys, one finds out that he taught for nothing, anil another that... | |
 | William Howitt - 1847 - 524 страници
...for Milton forbid us to look with some degree of merriment on great promises and small performances ; on the man who hastens home because his countrymen...away his patriotism in a private boarding-school." The passage is as false as it is malicious. Milton did not promise to come home and put himself at... | |
 | Short memoirs - 1847 - 170 страници
...speaking of this circumstance, says,— " Let not our veneration for Milton forbid us to look with some degree of merriment on great promises and small performance,...hastens home because his countrymen are contending for liberty, and when he reaches the scene of action, vapours away his patriotism in a private boarding-school.... | |
 | John Milton - 1847 - 604 страници
...more boys, to be boarded and instructed. Let not our veneration for Milton forbid us to look with some degree of merriment on great promises and small performance ; on the man who hastens home, because IMS countrymen are contending for their liberty, and, when he reaches the scene of action, vapours... | |
 | John Milton - 1850 - 704 страници
...privilege. On this Dr Johnson remarks, " Let not onr veneration for Milton forbid us to look with some degree of merriment on great promises and small performance...on the man who hastens home because his countrymen arc contending for their liberty, and when he reaches the scene of action, vapours away his patriotism... | |
 | Cyrus R. Edmonds - 1851 - 272 страници
...notices the event just recorded : — " Let not our veneration for Milton forbid us to look with some degree of merriment on great promises and small performance...that Milton should be degraded to a school-master — which no wise man will consider in itself disgraceful." It is painful to contemplate, in such evidences... | |
 | Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1852 - 652 страници
...speaking of this circumstance, says, — " Let not our veneration for Milton forbid us to look with some degree of merriment on great promises and small performance, on the man who hasteas home because his countrymen are contending for liberty, and when he reaches the scene of action,... | |
 | 1853 - 530 страници
...injurious to be neglected. "Let not our veneration for Milton," says he, "forbid us to look with some degree of merriment on great promises and small performance...away his patriotism in a private boarding-school." It is not true that Milton had made "great promises," or any promises at all. But if he had made the... | |
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Let not our veneration for Milton forbid us to look with some degree of merriment on great promises and small performance, on the man who hastens home, because his countrymen are contending for their liberty, and, when he reaches the scene of action,... 
