...confirmed in this opinion, that he who would not bo frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter ia laudable things, ought himself to be a true poem, that is a composition and pattern of the best and houorablest things, not presuming to sing high praises of heroic men or famous cities, unless he have...

...heroic, we can never appreciate his poetry. We must understand (as he himself has finely expressed it) that ' He who would not be frustrate of his hope to...that is, a composition and pattern of the best and honourablest things ; not presuming to sing of high praises of heroic men, or famous cities, unless...

...Primum ipni tibi. Milton with great depth of judgment observes, in his " Apology for Smeetymnuus," that, " he who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well in laudable things, ought himself to bo a true poem, that is, a eomposition of the best and honourablest...

...daily paper. Beside, who can think of Milton without the feeling which he himself expresses ? — " He who would not be frustrate of his hope to write...best and honorablest things ; not presuming to sing high praises of heroic men, or famous cities, unless he have in himself the experience and the practice...

...this opinion, that he who would not frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter, in things laudable, ought himself to be a true poem; that is, a composition and pattern of the best and honourablest things; not presuming to sing high praises of heroic men, or famous cities, unless he...

...lecturer, as sure as fate, a rebuke, though from young lips, that would have made his old face blush. " He who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in landable things, ought himself to be a true poem :" — fancy that sentence — an early and often...

...good man. Dedication to the Fox.* Ben Jonson has borrowed this just and noble sentiment from Strabo. * "He who would not be frustrate of his hope to write...that is a composition and pattern of the best and honourablest things — not presuming to sing high praises of heroic men or famous cities, unless he...

...good man. Dedication to the Fox.* Ben Jonson has borrowed this just and noble sentiment from Strabo. * "He who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter iu laudable things ought himself to be a true poem — that is a composition and pattern of the best...

...us hear what our great poet has to say on this point. "He, who would aspire to write well hereafter, ought himself to be a true poem — that is, a composition and a pattern of the best and honourablest things — not presuming to sing high praises of high men and...

...pure thoughts, without transgression. And long it was not after when 1 was confirmed in this opinion, that he, who would not be frustrate of his hope to...that is, a composition and pattern of the best and houourablest things, — not presuming to sing * »'. e. most inclined to love, and to light and amorous...