 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...  The Works of Samuel Johnson - Pàgina 150per Samuel Johnson - 1816Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 428 pàgines
...it have been thus effectually answered. " Lycidas (says he) is rilled with the heathen deities ; and a long train of mythological imagery, such as a college easily supplies. — But it is also such as even the court itself could now have easily supplied. The public diversions,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1824 - 450 pàgines
...flocks, and copses, and flowers, appear the Heathen deities; Jove and Phoebus, Neptune and JEolis, with a long train of mythological imagery, such as...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 no sympathy; he... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 428 pàgines
...Subordinate poets exercise no invention, when they tell how a shepherd has lost his companion, and must feed his flocks alone, without any judge of his skill in piping : but Milton dignifies and adorns these common artificial incidents with unexpected touches of picturesque... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 414 pàgines
...Reg- very highly. £.] Doctor Johnson observes, that Lycidas is filled with the heathen deities ; and a long train of mythological imagery, such as a College easily supplies. But it is such also, as even the Court itself could now have easily supplied. The public diversions,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1826 - 430 pàgines
...flocks, and copses, and flowers, appear the beathen deities; Jove and Phoebus, Neptune and jKolus, with a long train of mythological imagery, such as...companion, and must now feed his flocks alone, without any jndge of his' skill in piping; and how one god asks another god what has become of Lycidas, and how... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1834 - 722 pàgines
...flocks, and copses, and flowers, tppear the heathen deities ; Jove and Phoebus, Neptune and jEolus, with a long train of mythological imagery, such as a college easily supрЬи. Nothing can less display knowledge, or let» exercise invention, than to tell how a pbcid... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 752 pàgines
...flocks, and copses, and flowers, appear the heathen deities ; Jove and Phcsbus, Neptune and vEolus, e he became an author, hud been allowed more lime fur study, with b supRlies. Nothing can less display knowledge, or rss exercise invention, than to tell how a shepherd... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1838 - 716 pàgines
...Phoebus, T» eptune and JSolus, with a long train of mythological imagery, such as a college- cosily supplies. Nothing can less display knowledge, or less...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 no sympathy ;... | |
 | 1838 - 1050 pàgines
...Subordinate poets exercise no invention when they tell how a shepherd has lost a companion, and must feed his flocks alone without any judge of his skill in piping; but Milton dignifies and adorns these common artificial incidents with unexpected touches of picturesque... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 522 pàgines
...appear the Heathen deities; Jove and Phcebus, Neptune and j'Eolus, with a long train of my thological imagery, such as a college easily supplies. Nothing...companion, and must now feed his flocks alone, without any iudge of his skill in piping; and how one god asks another god what is become of Lycidas, and how neither... | |
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