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" Horace becomes graceful and familiar ; and that such a compliment was at least possible, we know from the transformation feigned by Horace of himself. The most elegant compliment that was paid to Addison, is of this obscure and perishable kind ; When... "
The works of Samuel Johnson - Page 402
de Samuel Johnson - 1823
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Bell's Edition, Volumes 65 à 66

John Bell - 1797 - 480 pages
...sacred fire { From the judicious critic's piercing eyes, To the best-natur'd man secure she flies. When panting Virtue her last efforts made, You brought your Clio to the virgin's aid; I'ilu^e IL B Presumptuous Folly blush'd, and Vice withdrew, To Vengeance yielding her abandon'd crew....
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The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volume 24

British essayists - 1802 - 330 pages
...the lines which he did not understand. If we imagine that Varius had been by any of his cotemporaries celebrated under the appellation of Musarum Ales,...her last efforts made, You brought your Clio to the virgins's aid. These lines must please as long as they are understood ; but can be understood only...
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The Poetical Works of William Somervile: In Two Volumes. Collated with the ...

William Somerville, Thomas Park - 1808 - 354 pages
...Dennis, the critic. From the judicious critic's piercing eyes, To the best-natur'd man secure she flies. When panting virtue her last efforts made, You brought your Clio to the virgin's aid; Presumptuous Folly blush'd, and Vice withdrew, To Vengeance yielding her abandon'd crew. 'Tis true,...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and ..., Volume 3

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1810 - 458 pages
...imagine that Varius had been by any of his cotemporaries celebrated under the appellation of frlusarum Ales, the swan of the Muses, the language of Horace...efforts made, You brought your CLIO to the virgin's aid. 4 These lines must please as long as they are understood; but can be understood only by those that...
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The Spectator, Volume 1

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 394 pages
...and much has been said of those adopted by ADDISON, because they form the name of the muse CLIO : " When panting Virtue her last efforts made, " You brought your CLIO to the virgin's aid." But it is not very likely that ADDISON intended this compliment to his papers, and it has therefore...
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Works, Volume 3

Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 428 pages
...the lines which he did not understand. If we imagine that Varius had been by any of his cotemporaries celebrated under the appellation of Musarum Ales,...can be understood only by those that have observed dddison's signatures in the Spectator. The nicety of these minute allusions I shall exemplify by another...
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General Biography: Or, Lives, Critical and Historical, of the Most ..., Volume 9

John Aikin - 1814 - 662 pages
...addressed a poem to him, which includes the happy couplet alluding to his papers in the Spectator : When panting Virtue her last efforts made, You brought your CLIO to the virgin's aid. Somervile inherited a considerable paternal estate, on which he chiefly lived, acting as a magistrate,...
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The British Essayists: Adventurer

James Ferguson - 1819 - 334 pages
...modern ears, that an emendation of the text has been proposed: but surely the learning of the antients had been long ago obliterated, had every man thought...her last efforts made, You brought your Clio to the virgin's-aid. These lines must please as long as they are understood ; but can be understood only by...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.

Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 456 pages
...becomes graceful and familiar; and that such a compliment was at least possible, we know from tlie transformation feigned by Horace of himself. The most...panting Virtue her last efforts made, You brought your GLIO to the virgin's aid. These lines must please as long as they are understood ; but can be understood...
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Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical ..., Volume 1

John Aikin - 1820 - 832 pages
...latter of these he addressed a poem, in which there is the happy couplet alluded to in the Spectator : " en For sin, on war and mutual slaughter bent. Forthwith from council to the work t aid.1* " Clio" was known to be the mark by which Addison distinguislied his papers in that miscellany....
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