| Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 364 pages
...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...poets, very frequent ufe of Mythology, and fometimes conne&s religioR and fable too clofely, without diftinction* He defcends to difpl'ay his knowledge... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1772 - 388 pages
...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...a lefs generous and fplendid kind. He makes, like 298 DRYDE N. like almoft all other poets, very frequent ufe of Mythology, and fometimes connects religion... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 376 pages
...is furely reafon to fufpect that he pleated himfelf as well as his .audience j and that thefe^ like •the harlots of other men, had .his love, though...his approbation, He had fometimes faults of a lefs ge* nerous and fplendid kind. He makes, like almoft all other poets, very frequent vtfe of Mythology,... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 498 pages
...pien, had his love, though not his approbation.. j He had fometimes faults of a lefs generous an<J fplendid kind. He makes, like almoft all other poets,...oftentation; as when, in tranflating Virgil, he fays, lack to the larhoard — and -veer jlarhoard ; and talks, >n another work, of virtue fpooming hefore... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 494 pages
...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 frequent ufc of mythology,... | |
| English poets - 1790 - 344 pages
...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...almoft all other poets, very frequent ufe of mythology, U 3 and and fometimes connefts religion and fable too clofely without diftinftion. He defcends to difplay... | |
| James Boswell - 1791 - 608 pages
...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 pages
...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...diftinction. He defcends to difplay his knowledge with pedatltick oftentation ; as when, in tranflating Virgil, he fays, " tack to the larboard"—and " veer... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1795 - 610 pages
...fufpect that he pleafed himfelf as well as his audience ; and that thefe, like the harlots of other other men, had his love, though not his approbation....He defcends to difplay his knowledge with pedantick orientation ; as when, in tranflating Virgil, he fays tack to the larboard — and veer ftarboard;... | |
| Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...surely reason to suspect that he he pleased himself as well as his audience ; and that these, like the harlots of other men, had his love, though not his approbation. He had sometimes faults of a less generous and splendid kind. He makes like almost all other poets, very frequent... | |
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