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Pàgina 43
... he has given rather a pleasing than a faithful representation , having retained
their spriteliness , but lost their simplicity . The Anacreon of Cowley , like the
Homer of Pope , has admitted the decoration of some modern graces , by which
he is ...
... he has given rather a pleasing than a faithful representation , having retained
their spriteliness , but lost their simplicity . The Anacreon of Cowley , like the
Homer of Pope , has admitted the decoration of some modern graces , by which
he is ...
Pàgina 65
Whatever professes to benefit by pleasing , must please at once . The pleasures
of the mind imply something sudden and unexpected ; that which elevates must
always surprise . What is perceived by slow degrees may gratify us with the ...
Whatever professes to benefit by pleasing , must please at once . The pleasures
of the mind imply something sudden and unexpected ; that which elevates must
always surprise . What is perceived by slow degrees may gratify us with the ...
Pàgina 124
Here is a reciprocation of generosity and gratitude so pleasing , that the tale
makes its own way to credit . But , if help were wanted , I know not where to find it
. The danger of Davenant is certain from his own relation ; but of his escape there
is ...
Here is a reciprocation of generosity and gratitude so pleasing , that the tale
makes its own way to credit . But , if help were wanted , I know not where to find it
. The danger of Davenant is certain from his own relation ; but of his escape there
is ...
Pàgina 152
... harshness ; the combinations of words are * With the exception of Comus , in
which , Dr. J. afterwards says , may very plainly be discovered the dawn or
twilight of Paradise Lost . C. new , but they are not pleasing ; the rhymes 152
MILTON .
... harshness ; the combinations of words are * With the exception of Comus , in
which , Dr. J. afterwards says , may very plainly be discovered the dawn or
twilight of Paradise Lost . C. new , but they are not pleasing ; the rhymes 152
MILTON .
Pàgina 375
He was indeed reproached with boasting of his familiarity with the great : and
Horace will support him in the opinion , that to please superiors is not the lowest
kind of merit , The merit of pleasing must , however , be estimated by the means .
He was indeed reproached with boasting of his familiarity with the great : and
Horace will support him in the opinion , that to please superiors is not the lowest
kind of merit , The merit of pleasing must , however , be estimated by the means .
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 93 - ... that by labour and intent study, which I take to be my portion in- this life, joined with the strong propensity of nature, I might perhaps leave something so written to after-times, as they should not willingly let it die.
Pàgina 79 - O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme! Though deep, yet clear, though gentle, yet not dull, Strong without rage, without o'er-flowing full.
Pàgina 384 - DEYDEN may be properly considered as the father of English criticism, as the writer who first taught us to determine upon principles the merit of composition. Of our former poets, the greatest dramatist wrote without rules, conducted through life and nature by a genius that rarely misled, and rarely deserted him. Of the rest, those who knew the laws of propriety had neglected to teach them.
Pàgina 415 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony This universal frame began: From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in Man.
Pàgina 152 - We drove a-field, and both together heard What time the gray-fly winds her sultry horn, Battening our flocks with the fresh dews of night, Oft till the star that rose at evening bright Toward heaven's descent had sloped his westering wheel.
Pàgina 259 - There needs no more be said to extol the excellence and power of his wit, and pleasantness of his conversation, than that it was of magnitude enough to cover a world of very great faults; that is, so to cover them, that they were not taken notice of to his reproach; viz.
Pàgina 171 - The want* of human interest is always felt. Paradise Lost is one of the books which the reader admires and lays down, and forgets to take up again. None ever wished it longer than it is. Its perusal is a duty rather than a pleasure. We read Milton for instruction, retire harassed and overburdened, and look elsewhere for recreation ; we desert / our master, and seek for companions.
Pàgina 435 - I am as free as nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran.
Pàgina 152 - Among the flocks and copses and flowers appear the heathen deities, Jove and Phoebus, Neptune and jEolus, with a long train of mythological imagery, such as a college easily supplies. Nothing can less display knowledge, or less exercise invention, than to tell how a shepherd has lost his companion, and must now feed his flocks alone, without any judge of his skill in piping ; and how one god asks another god what has become of Lycidas, and how neither god can. tell. He who thus grieves will excite...
Pàgina 77 - But whither am I stray'd ? I need not raise Trophies to thee from other men's dispraise : Nor is thy fame on lesser ruins built, Nor needs thy juster title the foul guilt Of Eastern kings, who, to secure their reign, Must have their brothers, sons, and kindred slain.
Informació bibliogràfica
| Títol | The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volum 9 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Samuel Johnson |
| Autor | Samuel Johnson |
| Editor | Nichols, 1816 |
| Original de | Biblioteca Pública de Nova York |
| Digitalitzat el | 9 Nov. 2006 |
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