 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,...  English Prose: Its Elements, History, and Usage - Pagina 189door John Earle - 1890 - 530 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 498 pagina’s
...marked his reputation ftealing its way in a kind of fubterraneous current through fear and filence. I cannot but conceive him calm and confident, little disappointed, not at all dejected, relying op his own merit with fteady confcioufnefs, and waiting, without impatience, the viciffitudes of opinion,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 pagina’s
...sufficient security of kind reception. Fancy can hardly forbear to conjecture with what temper Milton survey the silent progress of his work, and marked its reputation stealing its way in kind of subterraneous current through fear and silence. I cannot but concei him calm and confident,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 336 pagina’s
...secrecy of love, and Paradise Lost broke into open view with sufficient security of kind reception. Fancy can hardly forbear to conjecture with what temper...of his work, and marked its reputation stealing its , in a kind of subterraneous current, through VOL. X. B b fear and silence. I cannot but conceive him... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 514 pagina’s
...secrecy of love, and Paraditc Lost broke into open view with sufficient security of kind reception. Fancy can hardly forbear to conjecture with what temper...his work, and marked its reputation stealing its way iri a kind of subterraneous current through fear and silence. I cannot but conceive him calm and confident,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 532 pagina’s
...as by the hand of Johnson ? I shall select only the following passage concerning " Paradise Lost:" " Fancy can hardly forbear to conjecture with what temper...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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 562 pagina’s
...by the hand of Johnson ? 1 shall select only the following passage concerning " Paradise Lost :" " Fancy can hardly forbear to conjecture with what temper...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 420 pagina’s
...secrecy of love, and Paradise Lost broke into open view with sufficient security of kind reception. Fancy can hardly forbear to conjecture with what temper...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 420 pagina’s
...secrecy of love, and Paradise Lost broke into open view with fiuffi cient security of kind reception. Fancy can hardly forbear to conjecture with what temper...surveyed the silent progress of his work, and marked his reputation stealing its way in ». kind of subterraneous current through fear and silence. I cannot... | |
 | James Boswell - 1817 - 536 pagina’s
...blazon a» by the hand of Johnson ? I shall select oily the following passage concerning Paradise Lott ; Fancy can hardly forbear to conjecture with what temper...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... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1819 - 110 pagina’s
...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...all dejected, relying on his own merit with steady conscious-^ HUMAN LIFE. ness, and waiting, without impatience, the vicissitudes of opinion, and the... | |
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