...chiefly by this latter, the style by certain vital signs it had, was likely to live.' * ' I had my time as others have who have good learning bestowed upon...attained ; and as the manner is, was not unstudied 1 This is from the lines to his father, Sylvarum Liber, vi. 76-85, translated by David Masson in his...

...persuading some to be such really themselves, as they cannot believe me to be more than what I feign. I had my time, readers, as others have, who have good...historians, whose matter methought I loved indeed, hut as my age then was, so I understood them ; others were the smooth elegiac poets, f whereof the...

...skirmish to change the compact order, and instead of outward actions, to bring inmost thoughts into front I had my time, readers, as others have, who have good...whose matter methought I loved indeed, but as my age then was, so I understood them; others were the smooth elegiac poets, whereof the schools are not scarce,...

...skirmish to change the compact order, and instead of outward actions, to bring inmost thoughts into front I had my time, readers, as others have, who have good...whose matter methought I loved indeed, but as my age then was, so I understood them ; others were the smooth elegiac poets, whereof the schools are not...

...specimen of Milton's prose style, I quote a part of this autobiographical paragraph:— " I had my time, as others have who have good learning bestowed upon...to those places where the opinion was it might be sooner attained; and, as the manner is, was not unstudied in those authors which are most commended,...

...specimen of Milton's prose style, I quote a part of this autobiographical paragraph : — " I had my time, as others have who have good learning bestowed upon...to those places where the opinion was it might be sooner attained ; and, as the manner is, was not unstudied in those authors which are most commended,...

...specimen of Milton's prose style, I quote a part of this autobiographical paragraph : — " I had my time, as others have who have good learning bestowed upon...to those places where the opinion was it might be sooner attained ; and, as the manner is, was not unstudied in those authors which are most commended,...

...good learning bestowed upon them, to be sent to those places where the opinion was it might be sooner attained ; and, as the manner is, was not unstudied...which are most commended, whereof some were grave oratora and historians, whom methought I loved indeed, but as my age then was, so I understood them...

...them, to lie sent to those places where the opinion was it might be sooner attained ; and, as tile manner is, was not unstudied in those authors which...commended, whereof some were grave orators and historians, whom methought I loved indeed, but as my age then was, so I understood them ; others were the smooth...

...specimen of Milton's prose style, I quote a part of this autobiographical paragraph : — "I had my time, as others have who have good learning bestowed upon...to those places where the opinion was it might be sooner attained; and, as the manner is, was not unstudied in those authors which are most commended,...