 | John Edgar Blomfield - 1854 - 150 pages
...what temper he surveyed the silent progress of his work, and marked its reputation stealing its way in a kind of subterraneous current, through fear and...opinion, and the impartiality of a future generation." Milton has left several passages, both in his prose and poetical works, in which he refers to his affliction... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 468 pages
...unhewn fellow as Milton," &c. tun on the same footing with Homer, Virgil, reputation stealing its way in a kind of subterraneous current through fear and silence....opinion, and the impartiality of a future generation. In the mean time he continued his studies, and supplied the want of sight by a very odd expedient,... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1854 - 494 pages
...reputation stealing its way in a kind of suhterraneous current through fear and silence. I cannot hut conceive him calm and confident, little disappointed,...the vicissitudes of opinion and the impartiality of * future generation. — Johnson. After this line, in the MS. O'er place and time we triumph ! on we... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1854 - 468 pages
...temper Milton surveyed the silent progress of his work, and marked his reputation stealing its way in a kind of subterraneous current through fear and silence. I cannot but conceive him cal«i and confident little disappointed, not at all dejected, relying on his own merit with steady... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1858 - 418 pages
...temper Milton surveyed the silent progress of his work, and marked its reputation stealing its way in a kind of subterraneous current through fear and silence....opinion, and the impartiality of a future generation. In the mean time he continued his studies, and supplied the want of sight by a very odd expedient,... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1859 - 320 pages
...temper Milton surreyed the silent progress of his work, and marked his reputation stealing its way in a kind of subterraneous current, through fear and...future generation." Indeed even Dr. Towers, who may he considered as one of the warmest zealots of the Revolution Society itself, allows that "Johnson... | |
 | John Milton - 1860 - 134 pages
...temper Milton surveyed the silent progress of his work, and marked its reputation stealing its way in a kind of subterraneous current through fear and silence....opinion and the impartiality of a future generation." But, though no enthusiastic reception was given to Paradise Lost on its first appearance, it is scarcely... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1860 - 480 pages
...Milton surveyed the silent progress of his work, and marked his reputation stealing its way in a kind cf subterraneous current through fear and silence. I...vicissitudes of opinion and the impartiality of a Suture generation. — Johnson. After this line, in the MS. O'er place and time we triumph ; on we... | |
 | Elections - 1868 - 368 pages
...what temper he surveyed the silent progress of his work, and marked its reputation stealing its way in a kind of subterraneous current, through fear and...opinion, and the impartiality of a future generation." St. Clement. The pupil of St. Peter, Clemens Romanus, has left us an " Epistle " addressed to the Church... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1869 - 548 pages
...temper Milton surveyed the silent progress of his work, and marked his reputation stealing its way in a kind of subterraneous current through fear and silence....vicissitudes of opinion, and the impartiality of a future generation."—JOHNSON. After line 24, in the MS. O'er place and time we triumph ; on we go, Ranging... | |
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Lost broke into open view with sufficient security of kind reception. Fancy can hardly forbear to conjecture with what temper Milton surveyed the silent progress of his work, and marked its reputation stealing its way in a kind of subterraneous current... 
