...pupils ; and this occupation has drawn on him Jonson's ridicule, as "a man who hastens home because his countrymen are contending for their liberty, and, when he reaches the scene of action, vapours away his patriotism in a private boarding-school." Milton's controversial...

...some degree of merriment on great promises and small performance, on the man who hastens home because his countrymen are contending for their liberty, and when he reaches the scene of action vapours away his patriotism in a private boarding.school." Johnson does not explain...

...and, when he reaches the scene of action, vapors away his patriotism in a private boarding-school. This is the period of his life from which all his biographers seem inclined to shrink. They are unwilling that Milton should bo degraded to a school-master ; but,...

...learning." of merriment on great promises and small performance, on the man who hastens home, because his countrymen are contending for their liberty, and, when he reaches the scene of action, vapors away his patriotism in a private boarding-school. This is the period of his...

...distinctions which he should otherwise have paid him. SAMUEL JOHNSON. 226. Milton as a Schoolmaster. This is the period of his life from which all his biographers seem inclined to shrink. They are unwilling that Milton should be degraded to a schoolmaster ; but,...

...some degree of merriment on great promises and small performance, on the man who hastens home because his countrymen are contending for their liberty, and, when he reaches the scene of action, vapours away his patriotism in a private boarding-school." Johnson does nflt explain...

...also, JK SplttaJ, "Contemporary Criticism of Dr. Samuel Johnson," London, 1923, passim. home because his countrymen are contending for their liberty, and, when he reaches the scene of action vapours away his patriotism in a private boarding-school." Three times Johnson pierces...

...some degree of merriment on great promises and small performance, on the man who hastens home, because his countrymen are contending for their liberty, and, when he reaches the scene of action, vapours away his patriotism in a private Doarding-school. This is the period of his...

...any thing degrading in the character or employment of a schoolmaster. Dr. Johnson has observed that this is the period of his life from which all his biographers seem inclined to shrink. Milton himself says, that he hastened home (and his haste, after all, was...

...to England, Milton hired a lodging in London, where he received boys for the purpose of education. This is the period of his life from which all his biographers seem inclined to shrink. They are unwilling that Milton should be degraded to a schoolmaster ; but...