 We know that they never drove a field, and that they had no flocks to batten; and though it be allowed that the representation may be allegorical, the true meaning is so uncertain and remote, that it is never sought because it cannot be known when it...  Lives of English poets - Pagina 154door Samuel Johnson - 1801Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1880 - 556 pagina’s
...sultry horn, Battening onr flocks with the fresh dews of night. We know that they never drove afield and had no flocks to batten ; and though it be allowed that the representation may be allegorical, the true meaning is so uncertain and remote that it is never sought,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1881 - 570 pagina’s
...What time the grey fly winds her sultry horn, Battening our flocks with the fresh dews of night. to* We know that they never drove a field, and that they...flocks to batten ; and though it be allowed that the representation may be allegorical, the true meaning is so uncertain and remote, that it is never sought... | |
 | Francis Richard Charles Grant - 1887 - 216 pagina’s
...in speaking of " Lycidas," " can be excited by these lines ? We know that they never drove afield, and that they had no flocks to batten ; and though it be allowed that the representation may be allegorical, the true meaning is so uncertain, and remote, that it is never sought,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1892 - 180 pagina’s
...both together heard What time the grey fly winds her sultry horn, Battening our flocks with the fresh dews of night. We know that they never drove a field,...flocks to' batten ; and though it be allowed that the 10 representation may be allegorical, the true meaning is so uncertain and remote, that it is never... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1893 - 186 pagina’s
...her sultry horn, Battening our flocks with the iresti dews of night. We know that they never drove & field, and that they had no flocks to batten ; and though it be allowed that the 10 representation may be allegorical, the true meaning is so uncertain and remote, that it is never... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1894 - 196 pagina’s
...both together heard What time the grey fly winds her sultry horn, Battening our flocks with the fresh dews of night. We know that they never drove a field,...flocks to batten; and though it be allowed that the representation may be allegorical, the true meaning is so 20 uncertain and remote, that it is never... | |
 | 1900 - 674 pagina’s
...horn, Battening onr flocks with the fresh dews of night. We know that they never drove a-field and had no flocks to batten ; and though it be allowed that the representation may be allegorical, the true meaning is so uncertain and remote that it is never sought,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Wight Duff - 1900 - 318 pagina’s
...our flocks with the fresh dews of night." f ' We know that they never drove afield, and that they 15 had no flocks to batten ; and though it be allowed that the representation may be allegorical, the true meaning is so uncertain and remote that it is never sought,... | |
 | John Milton - 1902 - 124 pagina’s
...improbability always forces dissatisfaction on the mind. . . . We know that they never drove a-field, and that they had no flocks to batten ; and though it be allowed that the representation may be allegorical, the true meaning is so uncertain and remote that it is never sought... | |
 | Leslie Stephen - 1902 - 724 pagina’s
...horn, Battening our flocks with the fresh dews of night. We know that they never drove a-field and had no flocks to batten; and though it be allowed that the representation may be allegorical, the true meaning is so uncertain and remote that it is never sought,... | |
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