 | John Milton - 1855 - 900 Seiten
...ipsi tibi. Milton with great depth of judgment observes, in his " Apology for Smectymnuus," that, " he who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well in laudable things, ought himself to be a true poem, that is, a composition of the best and honourablest... | |
 | David Masson - 1856 - 528 Seiten
...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...that is, a composition and pattern of the best and honourablest things ; not presuming to sing high praises of heroic men or famous cities, unless he... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1856 - 660 Seiten
...bright countenance of truth in the quiet and still air of delightful studies. Apology for Smectymnuss. He who would not be frustrate of his hope to write...laudable things, ought himself to be a true poem. Tract of Education. I shall detain you no longer in the demonstration of what we should not do, but... | |
 | David Masson - 1856 - 494 Seiten
...lecturer, as sure as fate, a rebuke, though from young lips, that would have made his old face blush. " He who would not be frustrate of his hope to write...laudable things, ought himself to be a true poem:" — fancy that sentence — an early and often pronounced formula of Milton's, as we may be sure it... | |
 | Henry Barnard - 1856 - 768 Seiten
...of Lycidas and Comus ; and above all, moulding and consolidating his own character and life into " a true poem ; that is, a composition and pattern of the best and honorablest things." Of this period of his life, in his apology, Milton says, — "My morning haunts are, where they should... | |
 | 1894 - 1020 Seiten
...to him, he seems to have said to himself, like Milton : •• I was confirmed in this opinion, that he who would not be frustrate of his hope to write...cities, unless he have in himself the experience and practice of all that which is praiseworthy." To break away from the law against his father's advice,... | |
 | William Henry Milburn - 1857 - 308 Seiten
...would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter, in things laudable, ought himself to oe a true poem; that is a composition and pattern of...high praises of heroic men, or famous cities, unless that he gave himself experience and practice of all that is praiseworthy." And again: " That I may... | |
 | William Henry Milburn - 1857 - 330 Seiten
...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 well hereafter, in things laudable, ought himself to be a true poem ; that is a'composition and pattern of the best and... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1857 - 490 Seiten
...the conviction " that he who would not be frustrate/ofnis hope to write well hereafter in lauuabTei things, ought himself to be a true poem ; that is, a composition and pattern ofjjhc best and honorablest things ; " and from this he never Bwen'tar Tlis life was indeed a true... | |
 | 1855 - 338 Seiten
...ever adorned humanity with wealth of wit and words of wisdom.* S^ Milton has prettily observed : ' He who would not be frustrate of his hope to write...true poem ; that is, a composition and pattern of the honourablest things.' In few cases, we firmly believe, has the truth of this principle met with a fitter... | |
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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... 
