 The most striking characteristic of the poetry of Milton is the extreme remoteness of the associations by means of which it acts on the reader. I-ts effect is produced, not so much by what it expresses, as by what it suggests ; not so much by the ideas...  Bentley's Miscellany - Page 101edited by - 1849Full view - About this book
 | 1835 - 932 pages
...straggling gleaner may be rewarded with a sheaf. The most striking characteristic of the poetry of Milton is the extreme remoteness of the associations by means...them. He electrifies the mind through conductors. The most unimaginative man must understand the Iliad. Homer gives him no choice, and requires from... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1840 - 466 pages
...straggling gleaner may be rewarded with a sheaf. The most striking characteristic of the poetry of Milton is the extreme remoteness of the associations, by...them. He electrifies the mind through conductors. The most unimaginative man must understand the Iliad. Homer gives him no choice, and requires from... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1844 - 564 pages
...of man." * Whan Mr. Macaulay tells us, that the most striking characteristic of the poetry of Milton is the extreme remoteness of the associations, by means of which it acts on the reader, — that its effect is produced, not so much by what it expresses, as by what it suggests, — that... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1844 - 614 pages
...straggling gleaner may be rewarded with a sheaf. The most striking characteristic of the poetry of Milton is the extreme remoteness of the associations, by means of which it acts OD the reader. Its effect is produced, not so much by what it expresses, as by what it suggests, not... | |
 | Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1846 - 222 pages
...MACAULAY'S MISCELLANIES, MILTON'S POETRY. THE most striking characteristic of the poetry of Milton is the extreme remoteness of the associations, by...them. He electrifies the mind through conductors. The most unimaginative man must understand the Iliad. Homer gives him no choice, and requires from... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 782 pages
...straggling gleaner may be rewarded with a sheaf. The most striking characteristic of the poetry of Milton u V q" •onveys, as by other ideas which are connected with them. He electrifies the mind through conductors.... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 780 pages
...straggling gleaner may be rewarded with a sheaf. The most striking characteristic of the poetry of Milton is the extreme remoteness of the associations by means...them. He electrifies the mind through conductors. The most unimaginative man must understand the " Iliad." Homer gives him no choice, and requires from... | |
 | 1852 - 780 pages
...most striking characteristic of the poetry of Milton is the extreme remoteness of the w:>ociations. e in his cause, were compelled to give him a just testimony."" "raised his l>v what ii ix presses, as by what it suggests, lint so much by the ideas which it directly conveys,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1852 - 764 pages
...Milton is the extreme remoteness of the associations \iy means of which it acts on the reader. r's effect is produced, not so much by what it expresses, as by what u suggests •mi so much by the ideas which it directly jiveys, as by other ideas which are con nected... | |
 | William Spalding - 1853 - 446 pages
...or not, by many of those very pictures. " The most striking characteristic of the poetry of Milton, is the extreme remoteness of the associations by means...them. He electrifies the mind through conductors. The most unimaginative man must understand the Iliad ; Homer gives him no choice; but takes the whole... | |
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