...that great man. I recollect that Macaulay says of them : " Milton's prose writings deserve the devoted attention of every man who wishes to become acquainted...full power of the English language. They abound with the noblest passages, and the style is stiff with gorgeous embroidery. Not even in the ' Paradise Lost...

...shall not spoil by attempting to paraphrase. " As compositions which deserve the attention of every one who wishes to become acquainted with the full power of the English language, they abound," says that distinguished man (himself, like Milton, poet, orator, and historian), " with passages, compared...

...shall not spoil by attempting to paraphrase. " As compositions which deserve the attention of every one who wishes to become acquainted with the full power of the English language, they abound," says that distinguished man (himself, like Milton, poet, orator, and historian), " with passages, compared...

...whole of the ¿Eneid about once a year. Macaulay, in speaking of Milton's prose, says : " It deserves the attention of every man who wishes to become acquainted with the full power of the English language." But Milton is especially distinguished for his intimate acquaintance with the languages in which Cicero...

...this fact than Lord Macaulay, in his celebrated Essay on Milton. ' It is to be regretted,' he says, ' that the prose writings of Milton should, in our time,...They abound with passages compared with which the fmest declamations of Burke sink into insignificance. They are a perfect field of cloth of gold. The...

...the English language. The eulogy which Macaulay bestows on his prose generally, that " it abounds in passages compared with which the finest declamations of Burke sink into insignificance," is at least not extravagant here. Next year (1645) he published the first collected edition of his...

...sein in Betracht. Nach allen diesen Verben steht immer should, selten der Indicativ. Regret I, 58: It is to be regretted that the prose writings of Milton should, in our time, be so little read. HI, 146: We should not then regret that there should be so many proofs of the narrowness and selfishness...

...sein in Betracht. Nach allen diesen Verben steht immer should, selten der Indicativ. Regret I, 58: It is to be regretted that the prose writings of Milton should, in our time, be so little read. III, 146: We should not then regret that there should be so many proofs of the narrowness and selfishness...

...is to make out a poem for himself. Every epithet is a text for a stanza." His Proae Writings. — " It is to be regretted that the prose writings of Milton should, in our time, be so little rend. As compositions, thry deserve the attention of every man who wishes to become acquainted with...

...time. • Milton's prose style is singularly vigorous and eloquent. ' His works,' says Macaulay, ' deserve the attention of every man who wishes to become acquainted with the fall power of the English language. They abound with passages compared with which the finest declamations...