...not feek them. From his contemporaries he neither courted MILTON. 223 courted nor received fupport; there is in his writings nothing by which the pride...might be gratified, or favour gained; no exchange of praife, nor felicitation of fupport. His great works were performed under difcountenance, and in blindnefs,...

...predeceffbrs, but he did not feek them. From his contemporaries he neither courted nor received fupport ; there is in his writings nothing by which the pride...might be gratified, or favour gained ; no exchange of praife, nor felicitation of fupport. His great works were performed under difcountenance,. and in blindnefs,...

...predeceflbrs, but he did not feck them. From his contemporaries he neither courted nor received fupport; there is in his Writings nothing by which the pride...might be gratified, or favour gained ; no exchange of praife, nor felicitation of fupport. His great works were performed under difcountenance, and in blindnefs,...

...predeceflbrs, but he did not fcek them. From his contemporaries he neither courted nor wceived fupport; there is in his writings nothing by which the pride...might be gratified, or favour gained > no exchange of praife, nor felicitation of fupport. His great works were performed under difcountenance, and in blindnefs,...

...naturally a thinker for himfelf, confident of hit. own abilities, and difdaioful of help or hindrance. There is in his writings nothing by which the pride...might be gratified, or favour gained ; no exchange of praife, or felicitation of fupport. fp. 162.) He had watched with^ g'eat diligence the operations of...

...naturally a thinker for himself, confident of his own abilities, and disdainful of help or hindrance : he did not refuse admission to the thoughts or images...; but difficulties vanished at his touch : he was born for whatever is arduous ; and his work is not the greatest of heroic poems, only because it is...

...naturally a thinker for himself, confident of his own abilities, and disdainful of help or hindrance. From his contemporaries he neither courted nor received...exchange of praise, nor solicitation of support.' Jo'inson's Worts, vii. 142. See/w/, Feb. 1766, for Johnson's opinion on ' courting great men.' a sure,...

...his own abilities, and disdainful of help or hindrance. From his contemporaries he neither couited nor received support ; there is in his writings nothing...exchange of praise, nor solicitation of support.' Jo'inson's Works, vii. 142. See /»<«/, Feb. 1766, for Johnson's opinion on 'courting great men.'...

...nor received support; i in his writings nothing by which the pride of other authors might be •A, or favour gained ; no exchange of praise, nor solicitation...performed under discountenance, and in blindness, but " fitficulties vanished at his touch; he was born for whatever is arduous; and his itoik is not the...

...naturally a thinker for himself, confident of his own abilities, and disdainful of help or hindrance: he did not refuse admission to the thoughts or images...His great works were performed under discountenance, ^nd in blindness, but difficulties vanished at his touch ; he was born for whatever is arduous; and...