 difcovered that a dialogue of imaginary fwains might be compofed with little difficulty; becaufe the converfation of fhepherds excludes profound or refined fentiment; and, for images and defcriptions, Satyrs and Fauns, and Naiads and Dryads, were always...  The Works of the English Poets: Prefaces - Page 6by Samuel Johnson - 1781Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 516 pages
...was foon difcovered that a dialogue of imaginary fwains might be compofed with little diffi-* culty; becaufe the converfation of fhepherds excludes profound...fupplied variety, which, having a natural power to footh the mind, did not quickly cloy it. Petrarch entertained the learned men of his age with the novelty... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1783 - 506 pages
...little difficulty ; becaufe the converfation' of fhepherds excludes profound or refined fentimenf; and, for images and defcriptions, Satyrs and Fauns* and Naiads and Dryads, were alvsayj within call ; and woods and meadow.s, ami hills and rivers, fupplied variety of matter ? which,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 676 pages
...little difficulty ; becaufc the convcrfation of fhcpherds excludes profound or refined fe»timent; and, for images and defcriptions, Satyrs and Fauns,...and meadows, and hills and rivers, fupplied variety of matter; which having a natural power to footh the mind, did not quickly cloy it. Petrarch entertained... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 354 pages
...At the revival of learning in Italy, it was foon difcovered that a dialogue of imaginary /wains mi becaufe the converfation of fhepherds excludes profound...and meadows, and hills and rivers, fupplied variety of matter, which having a natural power to footh the mind, did not quickly cloy it. Petrarch entertained... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 422 pages
...difficulty; becaufe the converfation of fhepherds excludes profound or refined fentiment; and, tor images and defcriptions, Satyrs and Fauns, and Naiads...and meadows, and hills and rivers, fupplied variety of matter, which, having a natural power to footh the mind, did not quickly cloy it. Petrarch entertained... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 pages
...the conversation of shepherds excludes profound or refined sentiment; and, images and descriptions, Satyrs and Fauns, and Naiads and Dryads, were always...call; and woods and meadows, and hills and rivers, supplied variety of matter, which having a natural power to sooth the mind, did not quickly cloy it.... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...of shepherds excludes profound or refined sentiment; and, for • Spence. % images and descriptions, Satyrs and Fauns, and Naiads and Dryads, were always...call; and woods and meadows, and hills and rivers, supplied variety of matter, which having a natural power to sooth the mind, did not quickly cloy it.... | |
 | Joseph Cooper Walker - 1805 - 350 pages
...At the revival of learning in Italy," fays Dr. Johnfon, " it was foon difcovered that a dialogue ef imaginary fwains might be compofed with little difficulty ; becaufe the converfation of Ihepherds excludes profound or refined fentiment; and, for images and defcriptions, Satyrs and Fauns,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 418 pages
...feeble efforts in the lower age of Latin literature. At the revival of learning in Italy, it was foori difcovered that a dialogue of imaginary fwains might...call; and woods and meadows, and hills and rivers, fnpplied variety of matter, which, having a natural power to footh the mind, did not quickly cloy it.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 494 pages
...conversation of shepherds excludes profound or refined sentiment; and for images and descriptions, i; satires and fauns, and naiads and dryads, were always within...call; and woods and meadows, and hills and rivers, supplied variety of matter, which, having a natural power to sooth the mind, did not quickly cloy it.... | |
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