 | Monthly literary register - 1839 - 720 דפים
...composition and pattern of the best and honourablest things ; not presuming to sing of high praises of heroic men, or famous cities, unless he have in himself the...the practice of all that which is praise-worthy." THE LAUREL AND THE ROSE. BY JW MARSTON, ESQ. «O! WHAT is like me?" said the laurel-tree, " I constant... | |
 | Jones Very - 1839 - 202 דפים
...composition and pattern of the best and honorablest things ; not presuming to sing of high praises of heroic men or famous cities, unless he have in himself the experience and practice of all that which is praiseworthy." What, indeed, are the writings of the great poets of our... | |
 | John Milton - 1841 - 556 דפים
...composition and pattern of the best and most honourable things ; not presuming to sing high praises of heroic men or famous cities, unless he have in himself the experience and the practice of all that is praiseworthy. These reasonings, together with a certain niccness of nature, an honest haughtiness,... | |
 | Hannah Flagg Gould - 1927 - 328 דפים
...composition and pattern of the best and honourablest things, not presuming to sing high praises of heroic men or famous cities, unless he have in himself the...and the practice of all that which is praiseworthy." Nor is there in literature a more noble outline of a wise external education, than that which he drew... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - 1843 - 686 דפים
...and pattern of the best and honourablest things ; not. presuming to sing of high praises of heroic men or famous cities, unless he have in himself the...and the practice of all that which is praiseworthy." Vol. Ip 237,238. We learn from his works, that he used his multifarious reading to build up within... | |
 | John Milton - 1845 - 572 דפים
...composition and pattern of the best and honourablest things ; not presuming to sing high praises of heroic men, or famous cities, unless he have in himself the...of nature, an honest haughtiness, and self-esteem either of what I was, or what I might be, (which let envy call pride,) and lastly that modesty, whereof... | |
 | John Milton - 1845 - 572 דפים
...composition and pattern of the best and honourablest things; not presuming to sing high praises of heroic men, or famous cities, unless he have in himself the...of nature, an honest haughtiness, and self-esteem either of what I was, or what I might be, (which let envy call pride,) and lastly that modesty, whereof... | |
 | 1827 - 516 דפים
...composition and pattern of the best and honourablest things; not presuming to sing of high praises of heroic men, or famous cities, unless he have in himself the...and the practice of all that which is praiseworthy." Vol. I. p. 224. We learn from his works, that he used his multifarious reading, to build up within... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - 1845 - 436 דפים
...composition and pattern of the best and honorablest things; not presuming to sing of high praises of heroic men or famous cities, unless he have in himself the...and the practice of all that which is praiseworthy ," Vol. I. pp. 237, 238. We learn from his works, that he used his multifarious reading to build up... | |
 | Sarah Margaret Ossoli (march.) - 1846 - 182 דפים
...composition and pattern of the best and honorablest things ; not presuming to sing high praises of heroic men, or famous cities, unless he have in himself the...and the practice of all that which is praiseworthy." We shall, then, content ourselves with stating three reasons which at this moment occur to us why these... | |
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I was confirmed in this opinion, that he who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things, ought himself to be a true poem ; that is, a composition and pattern of the best and honourablest things; not presuming to sing... 
