The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.G. Walker, 1820 |
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... performances shew a mind incessantly attentive , and , when it was not employed upon great things , busy with minute oc- currences . It is apparent that he must have had the habit of noting whatever he observed ; for such a number of ...
... performances shew a mind incessantly attentive , and , when it was not employed upon great things , busy with minute oc- currences . It is apparent that he must have had the habit of noting whatever he observed ; for such a number of ...
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... performances by many revisals ; after which the old gentleman , when he was satisfied , would say , " these are good rhymes . " In his perusal of the English poets he soon distin- guished the versification of Dryden , which he con ...
... performances by many revisals ; after which the old gentleman , when he was satisfied , would say , " these are good rhymes . " In his perusal of the English poets he soon distin- guished the versification of Dryden , which he con ...
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... performances at the same age . His time was now wholly spent in reading and writing . As he read the classics , he amused him- self with translating them ; and at fourteen made a version of the first book of the " Thebais , " which ...
... performances at the same age . His time was now wholly spent in reading and writing . As he read the classics , he amused him- self with translating them ; and at fourteen made a version of the first book of the " Thebais , " which ...
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... performances received no improvement from his maturer studies . At this time began his acquaintance with Wy- cherly , a man who seems to have had among his contemporaries his full share of reputation , to have been esteemed without ...
... performances received no improvement from his maturer studies . At this time began his acquaintance with Wy- cherly , a man who seems to have had among his contemporaries his full share of reputation , to have been esteemed without ...
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... performances to Pope , who did not forbear such remarks as were now - and - then unwelcome . Pope , in his turn , put the juvenile version of " " Statius " into his hands for correction . Their correspondence afforded the public its ...
... performances to Pope , who did not forbear such remarks as were now - and - then unwelcome . Pope , in his turn , put the juvenile version of " " Statius " into his hands for correction . Their correspondence afforded the public its ...
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Seite 178 - Waller was smooth ; but Dryden taught to join The varying verse, the full resounding line, The long majestic march, and energy divine : Though still some traces of our rustic vein And splay-foot verse remain'd, and will remain.
Seite 90 - When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole: O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head; Then shine the vales — the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies; The conscious swains, rejoicing in the sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light.
Seite 379 - Churchyard" abounds with images which find a mirror in every mind, and with sentiments to which every bosom returns an echo. The four stanzas, beginning "Yet even these bones," are to me original; I have never seen the notions in any other place, yet he that reads them here persuades himself that he has always felt them. Had Gray written often thus, it had been vain to blame and useless to praise him.
Seite 178 - With many a weary step, and many a groan, Up a high hill he heaves a huge round stone; The huge round stone, resulting with a bound, Thunders impetuous down, and smokes along the ground.
Seite 236 - ... conversation extended his knowledge and opened his prospects. They are, I think, improved in general ; yet I know not whether they have not lost part of what Temple calls their race; a word which, applied to wines, in its primitive sense, means the flavour of the soil.
Seite 379 - In the character of his Elegy I rejoice to concur with the common reader ; for by the common sense of readers, uncorrupted with literary prejudices, after all the refinements of subtilty and the dogmatism of learning, must be finally decided all claim to poetical honours.
Seite 186 - Homer doubtless owes to his translator many Ovidian graces not exactly suitable to his character; but to have added can be no great crime, if nothing be taken away. Elegance is surely to be desired, if it be not gained at the expense of dignity. A hero would wish to be loved as well as to be reverenced.
Seite 28 - Travels, a production so new and strange, that it filled the reader with a mingled emotion of merriment and amazement. It was received with such avidity, that the price of the first edition was raised before the second could be made ; it was read by the high and the low, the learned and illiterate. Criticism was for a while lost in wonder; no rules of judgement were applied to a book written in open defiance of truth and regularity.
Seite 284 - As — she may not be fond to resign. 1 have found out a gift for my fair, I have found where the wood-pigeons breed ; But let me that plunder forbear : She will say 'twas a barbarous deed.
Seite 195 - New sentiments and new images others may produce ; but to attempt any further improvement of versification will be dangerous. Art and diligence have now done their best, and what shall be added will be the effort of tedious toil and needless curiosity.