Works: With an Essay on His Life and Genius, Volume 1Thomas Tegg and others, 1824 |
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Pagina 159
... labyrinth of suns and worlds , and confounded with the magnificence and immensity of nature ; " the ease , with which this passage rises to un- affected grandeur , is the secret charm that captivates the GENIUS OF DR . JOHNSON . 159.
... labyrinth of suns and worlds , and confounded with the magnificence and immensity of nature ; " the ease , with which this passage rises to un- affected grandeur , is the secret charm that captivates the GENIUS OF DR . JOHNSON . 159.
Pagina 160
... charm that captivates the reader . Johnson is always lofty ; he seems to use Dryden's phrase , to be o'er - inform'd with meaning , and his words do not appear to himself adequate to his con- ception . He moves in state , and his ...
... charm that captivates the reader . Johnson is always lofty ; he seems to use Dryden's phrase , to be o'er - inform'd with meaning , and his words do not appear to himself adequate to his con- ception . He moves in state , and his ...
Pagina 162
... charms while he instructs ; and writing , as he always does , a pure , an ele- gant , and idiomatic style , he may be pro- nounced the safest model for imitation . The essays written by Johnson in the Ad- venturer may be called a ...
... charms while he instructs ; and writing , as he always does , a pure , an ele- gant , and idiomatic style , he may be pro- nounced the safest model for imitation . The essays written by Johnson in the Ad- venturer may be called a ...
Pagina 177
... charms , but charm not all alike , On different senses different objects strike ; Hence different passions more or less inflame , As strong or weak the organs of the frame . And hence one master - passion in the breast , Like Aaron's ...
... charms , but charm not all alike , On different senses different objects strike ; Hence different passions more or less inflame , As strong or weak the organs of the frame . And hence one master - passion in the breast , Like Aaron's ...
Pagina 21
... charm . Yet Reason frowns on War's unequal game , Where wasted nations raise a single name ; And mortgag'd states their ... charms in vain ; " Think nothing gain'd , " he cries , " till nought remain , " On Moscow's walls till Gothic ...
... charm . Yet Reason frowns on War's unequal game , Where wasted nations raise a single name ; And mortgag'd states their ... charms in vain ; " Think nothing gain'd , " he cries , " till nought remain , " On Moscow's walls till Gothic ...
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