| American Institute of Instruction - 1853 - 228 страници
...291. % "All his biographers are unwilling that Milton should be degraded to a schoolmaster; but since it cannot be denied that he taught boys, one finds...out that he taught for nothing, and another that his only motive was zeal for the propagation of learning and virtue," ice. &c. — Johnsoic. unhappy flying... | |
| Frank Brady, William Wimsatt - 1978 - 655 страници
...inclined to shrink. They are unwilling that Milton should be degraded to a schoolmaster; but, since it cannot be denied that he taught boys, one finds...all tell what they do not know to be true, only to excuse an act which no wise man will consider as in itself disgraceful. His father was alive; his allowance... | |
| Ann Messenger - 1986 - 208 страници
...should be degraded to a schoolmaster; but, since it cannot be denied that he taught boys, one finds that he taught for nothing, and another that his motive...virtue; and all tell what they do not know to be true [my emphasis], only to excuse an act which no wise man will consider as in itself disgraceful. His... | |
| 1920 - 600 страници
...biographers who were unwilling that their hero " should be degraded to a schoolmaster ; but, since it cannot be denied ; ' that he taught boys, one finds...all tell what they " do not know to be true, only to excuse an act which no " wise man will consider as in itself disgraceful." Again, in tho ufe of Blackmore,... | |
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