 | William Mathews - 1896 - 368 pages
...concerning Milton, of whom he says that " from his contemporaries he neither courted nor received support ; there is in his writings nothing by which the pride of other authors might be gratified, or favor gained, — no exchange of praise, nor solicitation of support." Worthy was such a man to receive... | |
 | William Mathews - 1896 - 364 pages
...concerning Milton, of whom he says that " from his contemporaries he neither courted nor received support ; there is in his writings nothing by which the pride of other authors might be gratified, or favor gained, — no exchange of praise, nor solicitation of support." Worthy was such a man to receive... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Wight Duff - 1900 - 318 pages
...predecessors, but he did not seek them. From his contemporaries he neither courted nor re2 5 ceived support ; there is in his writings nothing by which the pride...might be gratified or favour gained ; no exchange of praise nor solicitation of support. His great works were performed under discountenance and in blindness,... | |
 | 1901 - 628 pages
...predecessors, but he did not seek them. From his contemporaries he neither courted nor received support ; there is in his writings nothing by which the pride of other authors might be gratified, or favor gained ; no exchange of praise nor solicitation of support. His great works were performed under... | |
 | Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh, Walter Raleigh - 1910 - 196 pages
...predecessors, but he did not seek them. From his contemporaries he neither courted nor received support ; there is in his writings nothing by which the pride...might be gratified or favour gained, no exchange of praise nor solicitation of support. His great works were performed under discountenance and in blindness,... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 752 pages
...predecessors, but he did not seek them. From his contemporaries he neither courted nor received support. There is in his writings nothing by which the pride of other authors might be gratified, or favor gained; no exchange of praise nor solicitation of support. His great works were performed under... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 754 pages
...predecessors, but he did not seek them. From his contemporaries he neither courted nor received support. There is in his writings nothing by which the pride of other authors might be gratified, or favor gained; no exchange of praise nor solicitation of support. His great works were performed under... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 744 pages
...predecessors, but he did not seek them. From his contemporaries he neither courted nor received support. There is in his writings nothing by which the pride of other authors might be gratified, or favor gained ; no exchange of praise nor solicitation of support. His great works were performed under... | |
 | Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Robert Grant Martin - 1916 - 566 pages
...predecessors, but he did not seek them. From his contemporaries he neither courted nor received support; there is in his writings nothing by which the pride of other authors might be gratified, or favor gained; no exchange of praise, nor solicitation of support. His great works were performed under... | |
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From his contemporaries he neither courted nor received support : There is in his writings nothing by which the pride of other authors might be gratified, or favour gained ; no exchange of praise, nor solicitation of support. 
