 | 1854 - 788 strani
...caustic and fastidious, if not cynical critic, employs the following terms of unqualified eulogy : "In the character of his Elegy I rejoice to concur...common reader; for by the common sense of readers oncorrupled with literary prejudices, after »11 the refinements of subtlety and the dogmatism of learning,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 512 strani
...directed. His translations of Northern and Welsh poetry deserve praise; the imagery is preserved, perhaps often improved ; but the language is unlike the language of other poets In the character of his Jilegy 24 I rejoice to concur with the common reader ; for by the common sense of readers uncorrupted... | |
 | Edward Tyrrel Channing - 1856 - 342 strani
...common answer is, Public Opinion, the general sense of mankind. Johnson, speaking of Gray, says, ' In the character of his Elegy, I rejoice to concur...with literary prejudices, after all the refinements of subtilty and the dogmatism of learning, must be finally decided all claim to poetical honors.' Let... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1861 - 660 strani
...directed. His translations of Northern and Welsh poetry deserve praise ; the imagery is preserved, perhaps often improved ; but the language is unlike the language...character of his Elegy" I rejoice to concur with the com' mon reader ; for by the common sense of readers uncorrupted with literary prejudices, after all... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1863 - 304 strani
...peace — indeed, of thorough agreement and sympathy. His words are : — " In the character of the Elegy, I rejoice to concur with the common reader ; for by the common sense of readers, uncorrupted by literary prejudices, after all the refinement of subtilty, and the dogmatism of learning, must be... | |
 | william harrison ainsworth - 1865 - 516 strani
...Yet he deals a fatal blow to his own opinions of the writer of the works he censures when he says : " By the common sense of readers, uncorrupted with literary prejudices, after all the refinements of subtlety, and the dogmatism of learning, must be finally decided all claim to poetical honours.... | |
 | George William Frederick Howard Earl of Carlisle - 1866 - 656 strani
...peace — indeed, of thorough agreement and sympathy. His words are : — " In the character of the Elegy, I rejoice to concur with the common reader ; for by the common sense of readers, uncorrupted by literary prejudices, after all the refinement of subtility, and the dogmatism of learning, must... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1866 - 298 strani
...peace — indeed, of thorough agreement and sympathy. His words are : — " In the character of the Elegy, I rejoice to concur with the common reader ; for by the common sense of readers, uncorrupted by literary prejudices, after all the refinement of subtilty, and the dogmatism of learning, must be... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1879 - 184 strani
...directed. His translations of Northern and Welsh poetry deserve praise ; the imagery is preserved, perhaps often improved ; but the language is unlike the language...with literary prejudices, after all the refinements of subtilty and the dogmatism of learning, must be finally decided all claim to poetical honours. The... | |
 | 1881 - 602 strani
...of eulogy than those ol Гг. Johnson himself. Hi» words are, " In the character of the Eit'gy, 1 rejoice to concur with the common reader: for by the common sense of readers uncorrupted by literary prejudices, after all the refinements of subtilty and the dogmatism of learning, must truly... | |
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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... 
