 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 594 pages
...of Butler* That 'book is good In vain which the reader throws away. He only is the master who keeps the mind in pleasing captivity ; whose pages are perused...such as the traveller casts .upon departing -day. • Life of Dryden. " Books," says Baconr" can never teach the use •of books." The student must learn... | |
 | Lodovico Ariosto - 1807 - 318 pages
...attention. That book is good in vain which the reader throws away. He only is the master who keeps the mind in pleasing captivity ; whose pages are perused...sorrow, such as the traveller casts upon departing day." THE LIFE OF ARIOSTO: EXTRACTED FROM PIGNA, FORNARI, GARAFOLO, MAZZUCHELLT, AND OTHERS. oOME authors,... | |
 | Lodovico Ariosto - 1807 - 314 pages
...attention. That book is good in vain which the reader throws away. He only is the master who keeps the mind in pleasing captivity; whose pages are perused with eagerness, and in hope of new pleasure arc perused again ; and whose conclusion is perceived with an eye of sorrow^ such as the traveller... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 476 pages
...attention. That book is good in vain, which the reader throws away. He only is the master, who keeps the mind in pleasing captivity ; whose pages are perused with eagerness, and in hoper of new pleasure are perused again ; and whose conclusion is perceived with an eye of sorrow,... | |
 | Walter Hutchinson Aston - 1811 - 324 pages
...Baviad and.Mseviad. •{• Loves of the Triangles, in particular. J He only is the Master, who keeps the mind in pleasing captivity ; whose pages are perused...with an eye of sorrow, such as the traveller casts upoi\ departing day. . . . i By his proportion of this predomination I. will consent that by " * the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 420 pages
...vain which the reader throws away. He •nly is the master who keeps the mind in pleasing «optivity ; whose pages are perused with eagerness, and in hope...sorrow, such as the traveller casts upon departing iay. By his proportion of this predomination I will consent that Dryden should be tried ; of this,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 486 pages
...attention. That book is good in vain, which the reader throws away. He only is the master, who keeps the mind in pleasing captivity; whose pages are perused...proportion of this predomination I will consent that Dry den should be tried j of this, which, in opposition to reason, makes Ariosto the darling and the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 410 pages
...attention. That book is good in vain which the reader throws away. He only is the master who keeps the mind in pleasing captivity ; whose pages are perused...again ; and whose conclusion is perceived with an eye cf sorrow, such as the traveller casts upon departing day. i pride of Italy ; of this, which, in defiance... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1819 - 644 pages
...attention. That book is good in vain which the reader throws away. He only is the master who keeps the mind in pleasing captivity ; whose pages are perused...pleasure are perused again ; and whose conclusion b perceived with an eye of sorrow, such as the traveller casts upon departing day. By his proportion... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1821 - 502 pages
...attention. That book is good in vain, which the reader throws away. He only is the master, who keeps the mind in pleasing captivity ; whose pages are perused...the darling and the pride of Italy ; of this, which, i» defiance of criticism, continues Shakspeare the sovereign of the drama. the old poem of Boiardo... | |
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Works of imagination excel by their allurement and delight; by their power of attracting and detaining the attention. That book is good in vain, which the reader throws away. He only is the master, who keeps the mind in pleasing captivity; whose pages... 
