| Samuel Johnson - 1901 - 206 σελίδες
...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...vicissitudes of opinion, and the impartiality of a future treneration. MILTON'S RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL OPINIONS. His theological opinions are said to have been... | |
| James Boswell - 1852 - 344 σελίδες
...forbear to conjecture with what temper Milton surveyed the silent progress of his work, and marked his reputation stealing its way in a kind of subterraneous...opinion, and the impartiality of a future generation. ' ' Indeed even Dr. Towers, who may be considered as one of the warmest zealots of the Revolution Society... | |
| James Boswell - 1904 - 726 σελίδες
...forbear to conjecture with what temper Milton surveyed the silent progress of his work, and marked his reputation stealing its way in a kind of subterraneous...opinion, and the impartiality of a future generation.' 362 THE LIFE OF MILTON [1781 Indeed even Dr. Towers, who may be considered as one of the warmest zealots... | |
| 1904 - 592 σελίδες
...progress of his genius, and marked his new method of driving stealing its way in a sort of subterranean current through fear and silence. I cannot but conceive him calm and confident—little disappointed—not at all dejected, but relying on the force of his own genius and... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1907 - 172 σελίδες
...silent progress of his work, and marked its reputation stealing its way in a kind of subterraneous 20 current through fear and silence. I cannot but conceive...opinion, and the impartiality of a future generation. 25 In the meantime he continued his studies, and supplied the want of sight by a very odd expedient,... | |
| James Boswell - 1910 - 548 σελίδες
...forbear to conjecture with what temper Milton surveyed the silent progress of his work, and marked his reputation stealing its way in a kind of subterraneous...opinion, and the impartiality of a future generation." Indeed, even Dr. Towers, who may be considered as one of the warmest zealots of The Revolution Society... | |
| John Ker Spittal - 1923 - 436 σελίδες
...forbear to conjecture with what temper Milton surveyed the silent progress of his work, and marked his reputation stealing its way in a kind of subterraneous...opinion, and the impartiality of a future generation." To point out the beauty of the above-quoted passage is certainly needless ; an image more exquisitely... | |
| Christopher Hollis - 1928 - 240 σελίδες
...hardly forbear to conjecture with what temper Milton surveyed the silent progress of his work and marked his reputation stealing its way in a kind of subterraneous...opinion and the impartiality of a future generation." It is strange that a man of Mark Pattison's standing should have been guilty of such mean and unscholarly... | |
| Ann Messenger - 1986 - 208 σελίδες
...forbear to conjecture with what temper Milton surveyed the silent progress of his work, and marked his reputation stealing its way in a kind of subterraneous...opinion, and the impartiality of a future generation" (Lives 1: 144). How Milton actually responded we will never know with any certainty. Johnson gives... | |
| James Boswell - 2008 - 1024 σελίδες
...forbear to conjecture with what temper Milton surveyed the silent progress of his work, and marked his reputation stealing its way in a kind of subterraneous current, through tear and silence. I cannot but conceive him calm and confident, little disappointed, not at all dejected,... | |
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