 | Samuel Johnson - 1772 - 388 pàgines
...There is furely reafon to fufpedt that he pleafed himfelf as well as his audience ; and that thefe, like the harlots of other men, had his love, though not his approbation. He had fometimes faults of a lefs generous and fplendid kind. He makes, like 298 DRYDE N. like almoft all... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 364 pàgines
...There is furely reafon to fufpecl: that he pleafed himfelf as well as his audience j and that thefe, like the harlots of other men, had his love, though not his approbation. He had fometimes faults of a lefs generous and fplendid 'kind. He makes, like almoft all other poets, very... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 494 pàgines
...There is furely reafon to fufpect that he pleafed himfelf as well as his audience ; and that thefe, like the harlots of other men, had his love, though not his approbation. '• He had fometimes faults of a left generous an<J fplendid kind. He makes, like almoft all other poets, very... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 344 pàgines
...There is furely reafon to fufpeft that he pieafed himfelf as well as his audience ; and that thefe, like the harlots of other men, had his love, though not his approbation. He had fometimes faults of a lefs generous and fplendid kind. He makes, like almoft all other poets, very... | |
 | James Boswell - 1791 - 608 pàgines
...in on either fide. " The abyfs of un-ideal [emptinefs] vacancy. u Thefe, like [many other harlots,] the harlots of other men, had his love though not his approbation. " He [fometimes difplays] dejcends to difplay his knowledge with pedantick oftentation. " French words which... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 478 pàgines
...There is furely reafon to fufpect that he pleafed himfelf as well as his audience; and that thefe, like the harlots of other men, had his love, though not his approbation. He had fometimes faults of a lefs generous and fplendid kind. He makes, like almoft all other poets, very... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 pàgines
...bad enough to " please, even when I wrote them." There is surely reason to suspect that te he plased himself as well as his audience ; and that these, like the harlots cf other men, had his love, though not his approbation. He had sometimes faults of a less generous... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 476 pàgines
...There is furely reafon to fufpect that he pleafed himfelf as well as his audience ; and that thefe, like the harlots of other men, had his love, though not his approbation. He had fometimes faults of a lefs generous and fplendid kind. He makes, like almoft all other poets, very... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 482 pàgines
...There is furely reafon to fufpect that he plealed himfelf as well as his audience ; and that thefe, like the harlots of other men, had his love, though not his approbation. He had fometimes faults of a lefs generous and fplendid kind. He makes, like almoft all other poets, very... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 562 pàgines
...himself in disputation, fmatter] thoughts flowed in on either side. " These, like [many other harlots,] the harlots of other men, had his love though not his approbation. " The abyss of an un-ideal [emptiness] vacancy. " He [sometimes displays] descends to display his knowledge... | |
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I knew, says he, that they were bad enough to please, even when I wrote them. There is surely reason to suspect that he pleased himself as well as his audience ; and that these, like the harlots of other men, had his love, though not his approbation.... 
