| Samuel Austin Allibone - 1882 - 1192 σελίδες
...apparent mutilation. . . . The thoughts which are occasionally culled forth in the progress are such HS could only be produced by an imagination in the highest...active, to which materials were supplied by incessant atudy and unlimited curiosity. The heat of Milton's mind might be said to sublimate hid learning, to... | |
| George Briggs Starkweather - 1883 - 318 σελίδες
...among the productions of the human mind. . . . The thoughts which are occasionally called forth in its progress are such as could only be produced by an...and unlimited curiosity. The heat of Milton's mind may be said to sublimate his learning, to throw off into his work the spirit of science, unmingled... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays], Milton.), Alexander Mackie - 1884 - 216 σελίδες
...hackneyed metaphor used for aiding the Understanding. It is borrowed from Johnson's Life of Milton. 1 The heat of Milton's mind might be said to sublimate his learning.' Macaulay is hardly consistent in his views. Learning, he now admits to be fuel to an ardent poetic... | |
| Henry Augustin Beers - 1886 - 304 σελίδες
...knowledge. " The heat of Milton's mind," said Dr. Johnson, " might be said to sublimate his learning and throw off into his work the spirit of science, unmingled with its grosser parts." The truth of this remark is clearly seen upon a comparison of Milton's description of the creation,... | |
| Henry Augustin Beers - 1890 - 320 σελίδες
...knowledge. " The heat of Milton's mind," said Dr. Johnson, " might be said to sublimate his learning and throw off into his work the spirit of science, unmingled with its grosser parts." The truth of this remark is clearly seen upon a comparison of Milton's description of the creation,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1892 - 180 σελίδες
...answer returned by Adam, may be confidently opposed to any rule of life which any poet has delivered. The thoughts which are occasionally called forth in...in the highest degree fervid and active, to which 20 materials were supplied by incessant study and unlimited curiosity. The heat of Milton's mind might... | |
| Henry Augustin Beers - 1894 - 328 σελίδες
...knowledge. " The heat of Milton's mind," said Dr. Johnson, " might be said to sublimate his learning and throw off into his work the spirit of science, unmingled with its grosser parts." The truth of this remark is clearly seen upon a comparison of Milton's description of the creation,... | |
| Charles Dudley Warner - 1896 - 448 σελίδες
...which materials were supplied by incessant study and unlimited curiosity. The heat of Milton's mind may be said to sublimate his learning, to throw off into...spirit of science, unmingled with its grosser parts. He seems to have been well acquainted with his own genius, and to know what it was that nature had bestowed... | |
| Henry Augustin Beers - 1899 - 346 σελίδες
...knowledge. "The heat of Milton's mind," said Dr. Johnson, "might be said to sublimate his learning and throw off into his work the spirit of science, unmingled with its grosser parts." The truth of this remark is clearly seen upon a comparison of Milton's description of the creation,... | |
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