 | 1824 - 378 sider
...written two heroic poems and a tragedy, — viz. Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, and Sampson Angonista; but his fame is gone out like a candle in a snuff,...in honourable repute, had not he been a notorious traitor, and most impiously and villainously belied that blessed martyr, King Charles the First !"... | |
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1824 - 378 sider
...written two heroic poems and a tragedy, — viz. Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, and Sampson Angonista; but his fame is gone out like a candle in a snuff',...in honourable repute, had not he been a notorious traitor, and most impiously and villainously belied that blessed martyr, King Charles the First!" —... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 414 sider
...natural parts " might deservedly give him " a place among the principal of " our English poets. — But his " fame is gone out like a candle " in a snuff,...might " have ever lived in honourable " repute, had he not been a " notorious traytor, &c." Lives of the Poets, p. 1?5. edit. 1687. I mention these descriptions... | |
 | 1824 - 378 sider
...written two heroic poems and a tragedy, — viz. Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, and Sampson Angonista; but his fame is gone out like a candle in a snuff',...in honourable repute, had not he been a notorious traitor, and most impiously and villainously belied that blessed martyr, King Charles the First !"... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - 476 sider
...whose natural parts might deservedly give him a place among the principal of our English poets.—But his fame is gone out like a candle in a snuff, and...which might have ever lived in honourable repute, had he not been a notorious tray tor," &c. Lives of the Poets, p. 175. edit. 1687. I mention these descriptions... | |
 | John Dove - 1832 - 136 sider
...two heroic poems and a tragedy, viz : — Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, and Samson Agonistes ; but his fame is gone out like a candle in a snuff,...which might have ever lived in honourable repute', had he not been a notorious traitor, and most impiously and villanously belied that blessed martyr, King... | |
 | John Dove - 1832 - 128 sider
...expected to chronicle the stern patriodise Kegatned, and Samson Agonistes ; but his fame is none out candle in a snuff, and his memory will always stink, which might ha lived in honourable repute, had he not been a notorious traitor, and most impiously and villanonsly... | |
 | Charles MacFarlane - 1836 - 340 sider
...written two heroick poems and a tragedy; namely, Parodies Lost, Paradice Regain d, and Sampson Agonista. But his fame is gone out like a candle in a snuff,...villanously bely'd that blessed martyr, King Charles the First."—Lives of the Poets, p. 196. (Ed. 1687.) A much greater favourite than Milton with Will Winstanley,... | |
 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1846 - 632 sider
...others like him as false and unworthy of the least credit. At a time when it was written of Milton : " His fame is gone out like a candle in a snuff, and...will always stink, which might have ever lived in honorable repute, had he not been a notorious traitor, and most impiously and villainously belied that... | |
 | 1875 - 860 sider
...heroick poems and a tragedy, namely ' Paradise Lost," ' Paradise Regam'd,' and ' Sampson Agonista.' But his Fame is gone out like a Candle in a Snuff,...bely'd that Blessed Martyr King Charles the First." LITTELL'S LIVING AGE. CONTENTS. I. MtLTON Afacmillan's Magazine, , . 323 II. THREE FEATHERS. By William... | |
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But his Fame is gone out like a Candle in a Snuff, and his Memory will always stink, which might have ever lived in honourable Repute, had not he been a notorious Traytor, and most impiously and villanously bely'd that blessed Martyr, King Charles the... 
