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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... "
Rifle, Axe, and Saddle-bags - Page 73
by William Henry Milburn, Thomas Binney - 1860 - 151 pages
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Paradise Lost: With Notes, Selected from Newton and Others, to ..., Volumes 1-2

John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...tibi Art. Poet. 101 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...
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The life of Milton. To which are added Conjectures on the origin of Paradise ...

William Hayley - 1799 - 376 pages
...conduct very early in life; for in fpeaking of the ftudies and fentiments of his youth, he fays, " I was confirmed in this opinion, that he who " would not be fruftrate of his hope to write " well hereafter in laudable things , ought himfelf " to be a true poem;...
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The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author, Volume 1

John Milton, Charles Symmons - Poets, English - 1806 - 446 pages
...them to whom they devote their verfe, difplaying fublime and pure thoughts, without tranfgrefiion. And long it was not after, when I was confirmed in this opinion, that he who would not be fruftrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things, ought himfelf to be a true poem j...
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The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author, Volume 1

John Milton, Charles Symmons - Poets, English - 1806 - 436 pages
...whom they devote their verfe, difplaying fublime and pure thoughts, without tranfgreffion. And Jong it was not after, when I was confirmed in this opinion, that he who would not be fruftrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things, ought himfelf to be a true poem ;...
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Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the ..., Volume 3

George Burnett - Authors, English - 1807 - 1152 pages
...two famous renowners of Beatrice and Laura, [Petrarca and Dante] who never write but honour of them to whom they devote their verse, displaying sublime...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...
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Specimens of English prose-writers, from the earliest times to the ..., Volume 3

George Burnett - 1807 - 556 pages
...Dante] who never write but honour of them to whom they devote their verse, displaying sublime and pare thoughts, without transgression. And long it was not...be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things, ought himself to b$ a true poem ; that is, a composition and pattern of the best and...
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Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the Close of ...

George Burnett - Authors, English - 1807 - 548 pages
...two famous renowners of Beatrice and Laura, [Petrarca and Dante] who never write but honour of them to whom they devote their verse, displaying sublime and pure thoughts, without transgression. And Jong it was not after, when I was confirmed in this opinion, that he who would not be frustrate of...
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Prose Works ...: Containing His Principal Political and ..., Volume 1

John Milton - 1809 - 534 pages
...all, preferred the two famous renowners of IJeatrice and I .aura, who never write, but honour of them to whom they devote their verse, displaying sublime...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...
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The life of Milton, and Conjectures on the Origin of Paradise Lost, by ...

William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 472 pages
...conduct very early in life ; for in speaking of the studies and sentiments of his youth, he says, — " I was confirmed in this opinion, that he who would...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 honourablest...
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Life of Torquato Tasso: With an Historical and Critical Account of ..., Volume 1

John Black - 1810 - 460 pages
...he, " preferred the two famous renowners of Beatrice and Laura, who never write but honour of them to whom they devote their verse, displaying sublime and pure thoughts without transgression."-^ Tasso nourished his fancy and his understanding with their images and sentiments ; nor, as appears...
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