 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - 1893 - 472 Seiten
...and despair, the poem would have been still more deserTÍng of praise. But, ав Dr. Johnson obsenree of Milton, " he knew human nature only in the gross,...perplexity of contending passions ; " yet is there nuch to admire. O ye, who dwell in Youth's inviting bowers, Waste not, in useless joy, your fleeting... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1894 - 196 Seiten
...attention which a well-connected plan produces. Milton would not have excelled in dramatick writing ; he knew human nature only in the gross, and had never...concurring, or the perplexity of contending passions. He had read much, and knew what books could teach ; but had mingled little in the world, and was deficient... | |
 | 1895 - 670 Seiten
...elegance and sustained interest. In his delineation of character Firdausi fulfils Dr. Johnson's critique of Milton, "He knew human nature only in the gross,...had never studied the shades of character, nor the combination of concurring, or the perplexity of contending passions." There is a uniform simplicity... | |
 | Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh, Walter Raleigh - 1900 - 328 Seiten
...himself; he has, therefore, little natural curiosity and sympathy." Milton, he goes on to explain, " knew human nature only in the gross, and had never...concurring or the perplexity of contending passions." He knew human nature only in the gross. He treated nothing less momentous than the fortunes of the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Wight Duff - 1900 - 318 Seiten
...Milton would not have excelled in dramatic writing: he knew human nature only in the gross, and had I0 never studied the shades of character, nor the combinations...concurring, or the perplexity of contending passions. He had read much, and knew what books could teach ; but had mingled little in the world, and was deficient... | |
 | William James Dawson, Coningsby Dawson - 1909 - 368 Seiten
...giants. THE PLACE OF MILTON AS A POET* Samuel Johnson Milton would not have excelled in dramatic writing; he knew human nature only in the gross, and had never...studied the shades of character, nor the combinations of 1 From The Lives of tlie Most Eminent English Poets, concurring, nor the perplexity of contending passions.... | |
 | Hans Meier - 1916 - 124 Seiten
...but had mingled little in the world, and was deficient in the knowledge which experience must confer. He knew human nature only in the gross, and had never...combinations of concurring or the perplexity of contending passions.125) „Dooks," sagt Bacon, „can never teach the use of books." The student must learn by... | |
 | William Warde Fowler - 1920 - 300 Seiten
...engaged ; beholds no condition in which he can by any effort of imagination place himself. . . . Milton knew human nature only in the gross, and had never...concurring or the perplexity of contending passions ' (Preface to Shakespeare). This is certainly not true of Virgil ; so far from it, that even in the... | |
 | John T. Shawcross - 1995 - 500 Seiten
...attention which a well-connected plan produces. Milton would not have excelled in dramatick writing; he knew human nature only in the gross, and had never...concurring, or the perplexity of contending passions. He had read much, and knew what books could teach; but had mingled little in the world, and was deficient... | |
 | Greg Clingham - 1997 - 290 Seiten
...Shakespeare's mingled drama. Milton, in contrast to Shakespeare, "would not have excelled in dramatick writing; he knew human nature only in the gross, and had never studied shades of character, nor the combinations of concurring or the perplexity of contending passions. He... | |
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Milton would not have excelled in dramatic writing; he knew human nature only in the gross, and had never studied the shades of character, nor the combinations of concurring, or the perplexity of contending passions. He had read much, and knew what books... 
