 | British and foreign young men's society - 1837 - 556 pages
...language. They abound with passages, compared with which the finest declamations of Burke sink into insignificance. They are a perfect field of cloth...even in the earlier books of the Paradise Lost has he ever risen higher than in those parts of his controversial works in which his feelings, excited... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English essays - 1840 - 466 pages
...language. They abound with passages, compared with which the finest declamations of Burke sink into insignificance. They are a perfect field of cloth...even in the earlier books of the Paradise Lost has he ever risen higher than in those parts of his controversial works, in which his feelings, excited... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English essays - 1840 - 464 pages
...which the finest declamations of Burke sink into insignificance. They are a perfect field of clojh of gold. The style is stiff, with gorgeous embroidery....even in the earlier books of the Paradise Lost has he ever risen higher than in those parts of his controversial works, in which his feelings, excited... | |
 | Albert Henry Payne - 1844 - 270 pages
...language. They abound with passages, compared with which the finest declamations of Burke, sink into insignificance. They are a perfect field of cloth...even in the earlier books of the Paradise Lost has he ever risen higher than in those parts of his controversial works in which his feelings, excited... | |
 | John Seely Hart - Readers - 1845 - 404 pages
...language. They abound with passages, compared with which the finest declamations of Burke sink into insignificance. They are a perfect field of cloth...gorgeous embroidery. Not even in the earlier books of thn Paradise Lost has he ever risen higher than in those parts of his controversial works in which... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1846 - 782 pages
...language. They abound with passages compared with which the finest declamations of Burke sink into insignificance. They are a perfect field of cloth...even in the earlier books of the Paradise Lost has he ever risen higher than in those parts of his controversial works in which his feelings, excited... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1847 - 712 pages
...language. They abound with passages, compared with which the finest declamations of Burke sink into 7 G he ever risen higher than in those parts of his controversial works in which his feelings, excited... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1847 - 712 pages
...the finest declamations of Burke sink into insignificance. They are a perfect field of doth of golí e rid of it ; they cannot resist I may not deny but that there is some profitable meditati Lflrt has he ever risen higher than in those part» of hi» controversial works in which his feelings,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1849 - 708 pages
...finest declamations of Burke sink into insignificance. They are a perfect fitld of cloth of golil. The style is stiff with gorgeous embroidery. Not even in the earlier books of the Paradise Lost has he ever risen higher than in those parts of hii controversial works in which his feelings, excited... | |
 | 1849 - 818 pages
...finest declamations of Burke sink into insignificance. They arc a perfect field of cloth of gold. Tie style is stiff with gorgeous embroidery. Not even in the earlier books of the " Paradise Lost" has he ever risen higher than in those parts of his controversial works, in which his feelings. excited... | |
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... that the prose writings of Milton should, in our time, be so little read. As compositions, they deserve the attention of every man who wishes to become acquainted with the full power of the English language. They abound with passages, compared with... 
