Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 1Henry Frowde, 1904 - 704 strani |
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Stran 35
... less than God ; Oft on his altar shall my firstlings lie , Their blood the consecrated stones shall dye : He gave my flocks to graze the flowery meads , And me to tune at ease th ' unequal reeds . MELIBUS . My admiration only I exprest ...
... less than God ; Oft on his altar shall my firstlings lie , Their blood the consecrated stones shall dye : He gave my flocks to graze the flowery meads , And me to tune at ease th ' unequal reeds . MELIBUS . My admiration only I exprest ...
Stran 66
... less fit for it . 6 While we acknowledge the justness of Thomson's beauti- ful remark , ' Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought , And teach the young idea how to shoot ! ' we must consider that this delight is perceptible only by ...
... less fit for it . 6 While we acknowledge the justness of Thomson's beauti- ful remark , ' Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought , And teach the young idea how to shoot ! ' we must consider that this delight is perceptible only by ...
Stran 85
... less ; but that Paul Whitehead had a little before got ten guineas for a poem and I would not take less than Paul Whitehead . ' I may here observe , that Johnson appeared to me to 86 PAUL WHITEHEAD [ 1738 under - value Paul Whitehead.
... less ; but that Paul Whitehead had a little before got ten guineas for a poem and I would not take less than Paul Whitehead . ' I may here observe , that Johnson appeared to me to 86 PAUL WHITEHEAD [ 1738 under - value Paul Whitehead.
Stran 93
... less need of alteration . The verses to Lady Firebrace may be had when you please , for you know that such a subject neither deserves much thought , nor requires it . 1 ' The Chinese Stories 2 may be had folded down when you please to ...
... less need of alteration . The verses to Lady Firebrace may be had when you please , for you know that such a subject neither deserves much thought , nor requires it . 1 ' The Chinese Stories 2 may be had folded down when you please to ...
Stran 123
... less happy in praising his English Poetry . But hark , he sings ! the strain ev'n Pope admires ; Indignant virtue her own bard inspires . Sublime as Juvenal he pours his lays , And with the Roman shares congenial praise ; — In glowing ...
... less happy in praising his English Poetry . But hark , he sings ! the strain ev'n Pope admires ; Indignant virtue her own bard inspires . Sublime as Juvenal he pours his lays , And with the Roman shares congenial praise ; — In glowing ...
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