 But, of all the borrowers from Homer, Milton is perhaps the least indebted. He was naturally a thinker for himself, confident of his own abilities, and disdainful of help or hindrance: he did not refuse admission to the thoughts or images of his predecessors,...  The Lives of the English Poets - Pagina 124door Samuel Johnson - 1826 - 420 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 302 pagina’s
...epick poem, and therefore muft yield to that vigour and amplitude of mind to which all generations muft be indebted for ;the art of poetical narration, for...texture of the fable, .the variation of in'cidents, the interpofition or dialogue, and all the flratagems that .furprife and enchain attention. But, of all... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 498 pagina’s
...epick poem, and therefore muft yield to that vigour and amplitude of mind to which all generations muft be indebted for the art of poetical narration, for...texture of the fable, the variation of incidents, the interpofition or dialogue, and all the ftratagems that furprife and enchain attention. But, of all... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 498 pagina’s
...and therefore owes reverence to that vigour and amplitude of mind to which all generations mull rnufl be indebted for the art of poetical narration, for...texture of the fable, the variation of incidents, the interpofition of dialogue, and all the ftratagems that fur prill- and enchain attention. But, of all... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 494 pagina’s
...poem, and therefore owes reverence to that vigour and amplitude of mind to which all generations muft be Indebted for the art of poetical narration, for...texture of the fable, the variation of incidents, the interpofition of dialogue, and all the ftratagems that furprife and enchain attention. But, of all... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 478 pagina’s
...po^rn, and therefore owes reverence to that vigour and amplitude of mind to which all generations muft be indebted for the art of poetical narration, for...texture of the fable, the variation of incidents, the interpofition of dialogue, and all the ftratagems that lurprife and enchain attention. But, of all... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1795 - 610 pagina’s
...fable, the variation of incident, the interpofition or dialogue, and all the ftratagems that furprife and enchain attention. But, of all the borrowers from Homer, Milton is perhaps the leaft indebted. He was naturally a thinker for himfelf, confident of his own abilities, and difdainful... | |
 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pagina’s
...have contrived the structure of an epic poem, and therefore must yield to that vigour and amplitude of mind to which all generations must be indebted...fable, the variation of incidents, the interposition or dialogue, and all the stratagems that surprize and enchain attention. But, of all the borrowers... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1797 - 278 pagina’s
...poem, and therefore muft yield to that vigour and amplitude of mind to which all generations' muft be indebted for the art of poetical narration, for the texture of the fable, the variation of incident, the interpofition of dialogue, and all the ftratagems that furprife and enchain attention.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 pagina’s
...therefore owes revi rtnce to that vigour and amplitude of mind to which all generations must be ;ed_for the art of poetical narration, for the texture of...the stratagems that surprise and enchain attention. Bur, of all the borrowers from Homer, Milton upsthe least indebted. He was naturally a thinker for... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 476 pagina’s
...poem, and therefore owes reverence to that vigour and amplitude of mind to which all generations muft be indebted for the art of poetical narration, for...texture of the fable, the variation of incidents, the interpofition of dialogue, and all the flratagems that furprize and enchain attention. But, of all... | |
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