 | James Boswell - 1904 - 726 σελίδες
...on evil days and evil tongues, [and] with darkness and with danger compassed round. This darkness, had his eyes been better employed, had undoubtedly...impudence at least equal to his other powers; Milton, whose warmest advocates must allow, that he never spared any asperity of reproach, or brutality of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1905 - 530 σελίδες
...on evil days and evil tongues, and with darkness and with danger compass'd round '.' This darkness, had his eyes been better employed, had undoubtedly...impudence at least equal to his other powers — Milton, whose warmest advocates must allow that he never spared any asperity of reproach or brutality of insolence.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1907 - 172 σελίδες
...evil tongues, and with darkness and with danger compassed round.' This darkness, had his eyes been 10 better employed, had undoubtedly deserved compassion;...tongues' for Milton to complain, required impudence 15at least equal to his other powers; Milton, whose warmest advocates must allow that he never spared... | |
 | James Boswell - 1907 - 634 σελίδες
...fallen on evil days and evil tongues, with darkness and with dangers compassed round. This darkness, had his eyes been better employed, had undoubtedly...fallen, indeed, on evil days ; the time was come in winch regicides could no longer boast their wickedness. But of evil tongues for Milton to complain,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1910 - 548 σελίδες
...fallen on evil days and evil tongues, and with darkness and with danger compass'd round. This darkness, had his eyes been better employed, had undoubtedly...longer boast their wickedness. But of evil tongues to complain, required impudence at least equal to his other powers : Milton, whose warmest advocates... | |
 | James Boswell - 1916 - 370 σελίδες
...and evil tongues, iritJi darkness and Kith dangers compassed round. He was fallen, indeed, 0u ceil days; the time was come in which regicides could no...impudence at least equal to his other powers; Milton, whose warmest advocates must allow, that he never spared any asperity of reproach, or brutality of... | |
 | Ann Messenger - 1986 - 208 σελίδες
...evil tongues, and with darkness and with danger compass'd round' [Paradise Lost, 7:25]. This darkness, had his eyes been better employed, had undoubtedly...add the mention of danger was ungrateful and unjust" (140). Milton's loss of sight was also a loss of power to oppose what Johnson regarded as a just and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 530 σελίδες
...fallen on evil days and evil tongues, and with darkness and with danger compassed round. This darkness, had his eyes been better employed, had undoubtedly...was fallen indeed on evil days ; the time was come when regicides could no longer boast their wickedness. But of evil tongues for Milton to complain,... | |
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King, was perhaps more than he hoped, seems not to have satisfied him; for no sooner is he safe, than he finds himself in danger, "fallen on evil days and evil tongues, and with darkness and with danger compassed round." This darkness, had his eyes been... 
