| James Boswell - 1900 - 636 σελίδες
...retrospection of the progress of this mighty genius in the construction of his work ; a view of the fabrick gradually rising, perhaps, from small beginnings,...demolished other buildings to embellish his own." — Is this the language of one who wished to blast the laurels of Milton ? Though Johnson's circumstances... | |
| James Boswell - 1900 - 562 σελίδες
...and literature, " to advance the honour, and distinguish the beauties of ' Paradise Lost,' " he says, scheme was taken, how it was improved, by what assistance...Nature, or demolished other buildings to embellish his own."1 — Is this the language of one who wished to blast the laurels of Milton ? Though Johnson's... | |
| James Boswell - 1901 - 408 σελίδες
...from small beginnings, till its foundation rests in the centre, and its turrets sparkle in the skiss; to trace back the structure through all its varieties,...or demolished other buildings to embellish his own. 1 l Is this the language of one who wished to blast the laurels of Milton ? Though Johnson's circumstances... | |
| James Boswell - 1904 - 1590 σελίδες
...retrospect of the progress of this mighty genius in the construction of his work ; a view of the fabrick gradually rising, perhaps, from small beginnings,...demolished other buildings to embellish his own.' 156 MRS. ANNA WILLIAMS [1751 Is this the language of one who wished to blast the laurels of Milton... | |
| James Boswell - 1907 - 628 σελίδες
...rational curiosity, than a retrospect of the progress of this mighty genius in the construction of his work ; a view of the fabric gradually rising, perhaps,...demolished other buildings to embellish his own." * — Is this the language of one who wished to blast the laurels of Milton ? Though Johnson's circumstances... | |
| J. C. D. Clark - 1994 - 292 σελίδες
...useful: it would be a retrospection of the progress of this mighty genius in the construction ofhis work, a view of the fabric gradually rising, perhaps...nature, or demolished other buildings to embellish his own.18 But for Lauder the issue was no longer a scholarly one of Milton's intellectual affinities:... | |
| John T. Shawcross - 1995 - 500 σελίδες
...retrospection of the progress of this mighty genius, in the construction of his work; a view of the fabrick gradually rising, perhaps from small beginnings, till...or demolished other buildings to embellish his own. This inquiry has been, indeed, not wholly neglected, nor, perhaps, prosecuted with the care and diligence... | |
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