 | James Boswell - 1835 - 456 strani
...variegated with deep reflection and striking allusions : a wilderness of thought, in which the fertility of fancy scatters flowers of every hue and of every odour....not be changed for rhyme, but with disadvantage." And afterwards, " Particular lines are not to be regarded ; the power is in the whole ; and in the... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 590 strani
...variegated with deep reflection and striking allusions : a wilderness of thought, in winch the fertility of fancy scatters flowers of every hue and of every odour. This is one of the 1 The late Mr. James Ralph told Lord Macartney, that he passed an evening with Dr. Young at Lord Melcombe's... | |
 | 1836 - 558 strani
...variegated with deep reflections and striking allusions ; a wilderness of thought, in which the fertility of fancy scatters flowers of every hue, and of every...restrained by confinement to rhyme. The excellence of this I work is not exactness, but copiousness : particular lines are not to be regarded ; the power is in... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 448 strani
...must condescend to rhyme." In his critique on the " Night Thoughts," he makes a similar concession. " This is one of the few poems in which blank verse...compressed and restrained by confinement to rhyme."* Cowper, it will be remembered, questions the * Young's testimony in favour of blank verse is thus forcibly,... | |
 | Leonard Woods, Charles D. Pigeon - 1838 - 692 strani
...variegated with deep reflections and striking allusions; a wilderness of thought, in which the fertility of fancy scatters flowers of every hue, and of every...diffusion of the sentiments, and the digressive sallies of the imagination, would have been compressed and restrained by confinement to rhyme. The excellence... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1838 - 716 strani
...variegated with deep reflections and striking allusions, a wilderness of thought, in which the fertility of fancy scatters flowers of every hue and of every odour....rhyme but with disadvantage. The wild diffusion of ths sentiments, and the digressive sallies of imagination, would have been compressed and restrained... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 742 strani
...variegated with deep reflections and striking allusions, a wilderness of thought, in which the fertility of t either of fur rhyme but with disadvantage. The wild diffusion of the sentiments, and the digressive sallies of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1842 - 716 strani
...variegated with deep reflections and striking allusions, a wilderness of thought, in which the fertility of fancy scatters flowers of every hue and of every odour....one of the few poems in which blank verse could not he changed for rhyme but with disadvantage. The wild diffusion of the sentiments, and the digressive... | |
 | James Boswell - 1843 - 588 strani
...wind. " No, sir," replied the doctor, " it is a very fine night. The Lord is abroad ! " — BosWILL. few poems in which blank verse could not be changed for rhyme, but with disadvantage." And afterwards, " Particular lines are not to be regarded ; the power is in the whole ; and in the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1846 - 714 strani
...variegated with deep reflections and striking allusions, a wilderness of thought, in which the fertility of fancy scatters flowers of every hue and of every odour. This is one of the few poems in whicn blank verse could not be changed for rhyme but with disadvantage. The wild diffusion of the sentiments,... | |
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Thoughts, he has exhibited a very wide display of original poetry, variegated with deep reflections and striking allusions, a wilderness of thought, in which the fertility of fancy scatters flowers of every hue and of every odour. This is one of the few... 
