 But, of all the borrowers from Homer, Milton is perhaps the least indebted. He was naturally a thinker for himself, confident of his own abilities, and disdainful of help or hindrance: he did not refuse admission to the thoughts or images of his predecessors,...  The Lives of the English Poets - Page 124by Samuel Johnson - 1826 - 420 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1847 - 604 pages
...contrived the structure of an epic poem, and therefore owes reverence to that vigour and amplitude of mind to which all generations must be indebted...naturally a thinker for himself, confident of his own abilities, and disdainful of help or hinderance : he did not refuse admission to the thoughts or images... | |
 | John Milton - 1852 - 858 pages
...contrived the structure of an ppic poem , and therefore owes reverence to that vigour and amplitude of mind to which all generations must be indebted...stratagems that surprise and enchain attention. But of all borrowers from Homer, Milton is perhaps the last indebted. He was naturally a thinker for himself,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 468 pages
...contrived the structure of an epic poem, and therefore owes reverence to that vigour and amplitude of mind to which all generations must be indebted...naturally a thinker for himself, confident of his own abilities, and disdainful of help or hindrance : he did not refuse admission to the thoughts or images... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 346 pages
...contrived the structure of an epic poem, and therefore owes reverence to that vigour and amplitude of mind to which all generations must be indebted...naturally a thinker for himself, confident of his own abilities, and disdainful of help or hindrance : he did not refuse admission to the thoughts or images... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 472 pages
...contrived the structure of an epic poem, and therefore owes reverence to that vigour and amplitude of mind to which all generations must be indebted...attention. But, of all the borrowers from Homer, Milton |s_perhaps the least indebted. ~He~was naturally a thinker for himself, confident orTfisTottn abilities,... | |
 | Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1861 - 582 pages
...Doctor Johnson ; and I said : " Quin the actor taught it me ; and called it The Pause of Suspension." " Of all the borrowers from Homer, Milton is perhaps the least indebted." (Vol. ix. p. 182.) — And somewhere (but I cannot find the passage), Johnson says in a sneering way... | |
 | Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1861 - 502 pages
...Doctor Johnson ; and I said : " Quin the actor taught it me ; and called it The Pause of Suspension." " Of all the borrowers from Homer, Milton is perhaps the least indebted." (Vol. ix. p. 182.) — And somewhere (but I cannot find the passage), Johnson says in a sneering way... | |
 | Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1861 - 496 pages
...Doctor Johnson; and I said : " Quin the actor taught it me ; and called it The Pause of Suspension." " Of all the borrowers from Homer, Milton is perhaps the least indebted." (Vol. ix. p. 182.) — And somewhere (but I cannot find the passage), Johnson says in a sneering way... | |
 | Joseph Johnson - 1862 - 360 pages
...have contrived the structure of an epic poem, and must, therefore, yield to that vigour and amplitude of mind to which all generations must be indebted...dialogue, and all the stratagems that surprise and chain attention. But of all borrowers from Homer, Milton is perhaps the least indebted to him. He was... | |
 | Hugh George Robinson - 1867 - 458 pages
...contrived the structure of an epic poem, and therefore owes reverence to that vigour and amplitude of mind to which all generations must be indebted...naturally a thinker for himself, confident of his own abilities, and disdainful of help or hindrance : he did not refuse admission to the thoughts or images... | |
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