 | John Milton - 1809 - 518 pages
...his language is, that he often affects ka kind of jingle in his words, as in the following paflage, and many others : " And brought into the world a world of woe." " Begirt the Almighty tlirone " Befeeching or befteging." " Which tempted our attempt." " At one (light bound... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1809 - 390 pages
...apply to SHAKSPEARE, what a celebrated writer said of MILTON: Our language sunk under him, and tecs unequal to that greatness of soul -which furnished him with such glorious conceptions. He therefore frequently uses old words, to give his diction an air of solemnity ; as he coins others,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1809 - 394 pages
...to SHAKSPEARE, what a celebrated writer said of MILTON': Our language sunk tmder him, and was mwqval to that greatness of soul which furnished him with such glorious conceptions. He therefore frequently uses old words, to give his diction an air of solemnity ; as he coins others,... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - English literature - 1810 - 348 pages
...and beauty, without having recourse to these foreign assistances. Our language sunk under him, and was unequal to that greatness of soul which furnished...that he often affects a kind of jingle in his words, a« in the following •passages, and many others : A nd brought into the world a world of wot. Begirt... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1811 - 514 pages
...and beauty, without having recourse to these foreign assistances. Our language sunk under him, and was unequal to that greatness of soul which furnished...Almighty throne Beseeching or besieging This tempted our attemptAt one slight bound high over-leapt all botmd. I know there are figures for this kind of speech,... | |
 | Spectator The - 1811 - 802 pages
...these foreign assistances. Our language sunk under him, and was unequal to that greatness of soul whicb furnished him with such glorious conceptions. A second...is, that he often affects a kind of jingle in his wnrds, as in the following passages and many others: 1 Anil brought into the iror'r/ a teorld of woe.... | |
 | James Ferguson - English essays - 1819 - 308 pages
...beauty, without having recourse to these foreign assistances. Our language sunk under him, and was T 3 unequal to that greatness of soul which furnished...the world a world of woe. Begirt th' Almighty throne ;j Beseeching or besieging • This tempted our attempt At one slight bound high overleapt all bound.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Theater - 1821 - 668 pages
...justly apply to Shakspeare, what a celebrated writer said of Milton : " Our language sunk under him, and was unequal to that greatness of soul which furnished him with such glorious conceptions." He therefore frequently uses old words, to give his diction an air of solemnity ; as he coins others,... | |
 | Spectator (London, England : 1711) - 1822 - 788 pages
...assistances. Our language sunk under him, and was unequal to that greatness of soul which fur- 1 nished er of particular intrigues and cuckoldoms. ' In short,' says Sir Andrew, ' it' you avoid Btsftcfung or bettering This timftfilunr attempt —— At one slight bound high orerleapt all bound.'... | |
 | James Ferguson - English essays - 1823 - 354 pages
...recourse to these foreign assistances. Our language sunk under him, and was unequal to that VOL. IV. • T greatness of soul which furnished him with such glorious...Begirt th' Almighty throne Beseeching or besieging This lempted our attempt At one slight bound high overleapt all bound. I know there are figures for this... | |
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Milton's sentiments and ideas were so wonderfully sublime, that it would have been impossible for him to have represented them in their full strength and beauty, without having recourse to these foreign assistances. Our language sunk under him, and was... 
