 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1844
...That is long after Paradise Lost was published, and while he was, according to Johnson's conception of him — "Calm and confident, little disappointed,...opinion, and the impartiality of a future generation." But that Johnson evidently considered the purpose of Milton, in being thus read to, to be the procuring... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1844
...That is long after Paradise Lost was published, and while he was, according to Johnson's conception of him — "Calm and confident, little disappointed,...vicissitudes of opinion, and the impartiality of a futun generation." But that Johnson evidently considered the purpose of Milton, in being thus read... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1845
...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 fear and silence. I cannot but coneeive him calm and confident, little disappointed, not at all dejected, relying on his own merit... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1846
...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...calm and confident, little disappointed, not at all de jectcd, relying on his own merit with steady consciousness, and waiting without impatience the vicissitudes... | |
 | Basil Montagu - 1849
...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...silence. I cannot but conceive him calm and confident, not at all dejected, relying in his own merit with steady consciousness, and waiting without impatience... | |
 | James Boswell - 1851
...Milton surveyed the silent progress of his work, and marked his reputation stealing its way in a kind ol subterraneous current, through fear and silence. I...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... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1851 - 305 σελίδες
...Through the dim curtains of Futurity. dejected, relying on his own merit with steady consc ousness, and waiting, without impatience, the vicissitudes...opinion, and the impartiality of a future generation.— JOHNSON. After line 14, in the MS. O'er place and time we triumph ; on we go, Ranging at will the realms... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1852 - 451 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. — JOHNSON. After line 32, in the MS. O'er place and time we triumph ; on we go, Ranging at will the... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1854 - 451 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. — JOHNSON. After line 33, in the MS. O'er place and time we triumph ; on we go, Ranging at will the... | |
 | John Edgar Blomfield - 1854
...forbear to conjecture with what temper he surveyed the silent progress of his work, and marked its reputation stealing its way in a kind of subterraneous...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... | |
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Fancy can 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 current through fear and silence. I cannot but conceive him calm and confident,... 
