 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 ; that is, a composition and pattern of the best and honour-ablest things; not presuming to sing...  English Poems - Page 333by John Milton - 1872Full view - About this book
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 556 pages
...things, ought himself to b$ a true poem ; that is, a composition and pattern of the best and honourablest things ; not presuming to sing high praises of heroic...and the practice of all that which is praiseworthy. These reasonings, together with a certain niceness of nature, an honest haughtiness, and self-esteem... | |
 | George Burnett - Authors, English - 1807 - 1152 pages
...things, ought himself to be a true poem ; that is, a composition and pattern of the best and honourablest things ; not presuming to sing high praises of heroic...and the practice of all that which is praiseworthy. These reasonings, together with a certain niceness of nature, an honest haughtiness, and self-esteem... | |
 | George Burnett - Authors, English - 1807 - 548 pages
...composition and pattern of the best and honourablest things ; not presuming to sing high praises of hertiic men, or famous cities, unless he have in himself the...and the practice of all that which is praiseworthy. These reasonings, together with a certain niceness of nature, an honest haughtiness, and self-esteem... | |
 | John Milton - 1809 - 534 pages
...ought himself to be a true poem ; that is, a composition and pattern of the best and honour-ablest things; not presuming to sing high praises of heroic...and the practice of all that which is praiseworthy. These reasonings, together with a certain niceness of nature, an honest haughtiness, and selfesteem... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 472 pages
...laudable things, ought himself to be a true poem ; that is. a composition and pattern of the honourablest things; not presuming to sing high praises of heroic...the experience and the practice of all that which is praise worthy." In reply to the absurd charge of his leading a dissolute life, he gives an engaging... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 524 pages
...things ought himself to be a true poem, that is, a composition and pattern of the best and honourablest things; not presuming to sing high praises of heroic...and the practice of all that which is praiseworthy: These reasonings, together with a certain niceness of nature, and honest haughtiness, and self-esteem... | |
 | George Walker - English prose literature - 1825 - 668 pages
...himself to be a true poem ; that is, a composition and pattern of the best and most honourable tilings ; not presuming to sing high praises of heroic men,...and the practice of all that which is praiseworthy. These reasonings, together with a certain niceness of nature, an honest haughtiness, and self-esteem... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - 368 pages
...things, ought himself to be a true poem ; that is, a composition and pattern of the best and honorablest things ; not presuming to sing high praises of heroic...and the practice of all that which is praiseworthy. These reasonings, together with a certain niceness of nature, an honest haughtiness, and selfesteem... | |
 | Theology - 1826 - 548 pages
...; that is, a composition and pattern of the best and honourablest things ; not presuming to sing of high praises of heroic men, or famous cities, unless...the experience and the practice of all that which is praise worthy.' Vol. I. p. 224. We learn from his works, that he used his multifarious reading to build... | |
 | United States - 1827 - 634 pages
...; that is, a composition and pattern of the best and honourablest things ; not presuming to sing of high praises of heroic men, or famous cities, unless...and the practice of all that which is praiseworthy.' — Vol. I. p. 224. We learn from his works, that he used his multifarious reading to build up within... | |
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