Johnson. Select works, ed. with intr. and notes by A. Milnes. Lives of Dryden and Pope, and Rasselas1879 |
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... verses on subjects in the understanding of which he had progressed but little beyond ' the talk of his mother and his nurse ' ( p . 235 ) . From these preliminary considerations we come naturally to the methodical canons of criticism ...
... verses on subjects in the understanding of which he had progressed but little beyond ' the talk of his mother and his nurse ' ( p . 235 ) . From these preliminary considerations we come naturally to the methodical canons of criticism ...
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... verse did not refuse the ideas of philosophy ' ( p . 81 ) . Now the principles of poetical criticism are here mistaken ; difficulty of subject does not add to , but detracts from , the charm of poetry ; and however well the difficulty ...
... verse did not refuse the ideas of philosophy ' ( p . 81 ) . Now the principles of poetical criticism are here mistaken ; difficulty of subject does not add to , but detracts from , the charm of poetry ; and however well the difficulty ...
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... verse . And we have Johnson's own testimony of the haste with which it was written , and Johnson's testimony was never false . How such a work could be composed ' in the evenings of one week ' almost passes belief ; but then it has ...
... verse . And we have Johnson's own testimony of the haste with which it was written , and Johnson's testimony was never false . How such a work could be composed ' in the evenings of one week ' almost passes belief ; but then it has ...
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... verses of Sprat and Waller on the same occasion , were sufficient to raise great expectations of the rising poet . When the King was restored , Dryden , like the other pane- gyrists of usurpation , changed his opinion , or his ...
... verses of Sprat and Waller on the same occasion , were sufficient to raise great expectations of the rising poet . When the King was restored , Dryden , like the other pane- gyrists of usurpation , changed his opinion , or his ...
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... verse , but by the help of his own words trans - nonsense sense , that , by my stuff , people may judge the better ... verses roll , As if that rhyme and bombast lent a soul : And with that soul they seem taught duty too , To huffing ...
... verse , but by the help of his own words trans - nonsense sense , that , by my stuff , people may judge the better ... verses roll , As if that rhyme and bombast lent a soul : And with that soul they seem taught duty too , To huffing ...
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Page 417 - Death, that hath suck'd the honey of thy breath, Hath had no power yet upon thy beauty: Thou art not conquer'd; beauty's ensign yet Is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks, And death's pale flag is not advanced there.
Page 400 - tis all a cheat; Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay: To-morrow's falser than the former day; Lies worse, and, while it says, we shall be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possest.
Page 454 - Where then shall Hope and Fear their objects find ? Must dull Suspense corrupt the stagnant mind? Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate, Roll darkling down the torrent of his fate?
Page 253 - Berkshire, •This modest stone, what few vain marbles can, May truly say, Here lies an honest man : A poet, blest beyond the poet's fate, Whom Heaven kept sacred from the Proud and Great : Foe to loud praise, and friend to learned ease, Content with science in the vale of peace.
Page xvii - The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks. Is not a patron, my Lord...
Page x - Deign on the passing world to turn thine eyes, And pause awhile from letters, to be wise; There mark what ills the scholar's life assail, Toil, envy, want, the patron, and the jail.
Page 98 - Works of imagination excel by their allurement and delight; by their power of attracting and detaining the attention. That book is good in vain, which the reader throws away. He only is the master, who keeps the mind in pleasing captivity; whose pages are perused with eagerness, and in hope of new pleasure are perused again; and whose conclusion is perceived with an eye of sorrow, such as the traveller casts upon departing day.
Page 102 - I am as free as nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran.
Page 392 - Let the great gods, That keep this dreadful pudder o'er our heads, Find out their enemies now.
Page 415 - Thee, bold Longinus! all the Nine inspire, And bless their critic with a poet's fire: An ardent judge, who, zealous in his trust, With warmth gives sentence, yet is always just; Whose own example strengthens all his laws; And is himself that great Sublime he draws.