 | British poets - 1822 - 284 Seiten
...from any single performance; for it would not be safe to claim for him the highest rank in any single denomination of literary dignity; yet perhaps there...excelled, if he had not divided his powers to different pursuits. As a poet, had he been only a poet, he would probably have stood high among the authors with... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 404 Seiten
...from any single performance; for it would not be safe to claim for him the highest rank in any single denomination of literary dignity; yet perhaps there...excelled, if he had not divided his powers to different pursuits. As a poet, had he been only a poet, he would probably have stood high among the authors with... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1823 - 410 Seiten
...be-safe-te-elaim for- hmr the highest rank in any single denojninationjrf literary dignityj,_yet jierhapjs there was nothing in which he would not have excelled, if he had got.jdiYided his powers to different"^ As a poet, had he been only a poet, he would probably have stood... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 524 Seiten
...from any single performance ; for it would not be safe to claim for him the highest rank in any single denomination of literary dignity ; yet, perhaps, there...excelled, if he had not divided his powers to different pursuits. As a poet, had he been only a poet, he would probably have stood high among the authors with... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 682 Seiten
...from any single performance ; for it would not be safe to claim for him the highest rank in any single denomination of literary dignity ; yet perhaps there...excelled, if he had not divided his powers to different pursuits. As a poet, had he been only a poet, he would probably have' stood high among the authours... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 514 Seiten
...performance ; for it would not be safe to claim for him the highest rank in any single il. 'nomination of literary dignity ; yet, perhaps, there was nothing...excelled, if he had not divided his powers to different pursuits. As a poet, had he been only a poet, he would probably have stood high among the authors with... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1826 - 446 Seiten
...from any single performance ; forit would not be safe to claim for him the highest rank in any single denomination of literary dignity ; yet perhaps there...have excelled, if he had not divided his powers to dif. ferent pursuits. As a poet, had he been only a poet, he would probably have stood high among the... | |
 | Philip Doddridge - 1831 - 580 Seiten
...spiritual nature unexamined ; he has taught the art of reasoning, and the science of the stars." — " As a poet, had he been only a poet, he would, probably, have stood high among the authors with whom he is now associated. For his judgment was exact, and he noted... | |
 | 1832 - 592 Seiten
...single performance ; for though it would not be safe to claim for him the highest rank in any single denomination of literary dignity; yet, perhaps, there...excelled, if he had not divided his powers to different pursuits." It U related of him, that he addressed the following impromptu to a stranger, by whom, on... | |
 | 1832 - 616 Seiten
...him the highest rank in any single denomination of literary dignity ; yet, perhaps, there was nothmg in which he would not have excelled, if he had not divided his powers to different pursuits." It is related of him, that he addressed the following impromptu to a stranger, by whom,... | |
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His character, therefore, must be formed from the multiplicity and diversity of his attainments, rather than from any single performance ; for it would not be safe to claim for him the highest rank in any single denomination of literary dignity ; yet... 
