...conduct you to a hill side, laborious, indeed, at the first ascent; but else, so smooth, s» grsen, so full of goodly prospects and melodious .sounds on every side, that the harp of Or1pheus was not more charming." Every thing in this sentence conspires to render it harmonious. The...

...where I will point you out the right path of a virtuous and noble education, laborious, indeed, at the first ascent, but else so smooth, so green, so full of goodly prospect and melodious sounds on every side, that the harp of Orpheus was not more charming. I doubt...

...indeed, at the first ascent ; but else, so month, so green, so full of goodly prospects, and melooious sounds on every side, that the harp of Orpheus was not more charming." A striking example of the sound being made an echo to the sense, is exhibited in Milton's description...

...HIMSELF. •' I will conduct you to a hill-side, laborious indeed at the first ascent, but <•!«<_' so smooth, so green, so full of goodly prospects and melodious sounds, that the harp of Orpheus was not half so charming." AFTKR all the critical denunciations against the...

...musical which the language affords : — " We shall conduct you to a hill side, laborious indeed at the first ascent, but else so smooth, so green, so...side, that the harp of Orpheus was not more charming." A new era in the history of English Composition commenced with the Restoration. Englishmen, laying...

...sentence, we may take the following from Milton; " We shall conduct you to a hill side, laborious indeed at the first ascent; but else so \ smooth, so green,...side, that the harp of Orpheus was not more charming." Every thing in this sentence conspires to render it harmonious. The words are well chosen; laborious,...

...Milton, in his treatise on Education : " We shall conduct you to a hill-side, laborious, " indeed, at the first ascent ; but else, so smooth, "so green, so full of goodly prospects, and melo" dious sounds on every side, that the harp of Or" pheus was not more charming." Every thing in...

...Milton, in his Treatise on Education. " We " shall conduct you to a hill-side, laborious, in" deed, at the first ascent ; but else so smooth, " so green, so full of goodly prospects and me" lodious sounds on every side, that the harp " of Orpheus was not more charming." Every thing in...

...We ascended the mountain, which proved somewhat difficult of ascent " but else so green, so smooth, so full of goodly prospects and melodious sounds on...side," that the harp of Orpheus was not more charming. I do not know what led my fellow-traveller so far from home, but one thing is certain, that we did...

...Milton has frequent allusions in other places. As in PL iii. 17. and in the Tractate on Education, " Melodious sounds on every side " that the harp of Orpheus was " not more charming." We have the same allusion in the Preface to Philips's Theatrum Poetarum, in which are more manifest...