 | David Hume - 1888 - 486 pagina’s
...spirit of poetry.' Johnson from the first scorned them as forgeries and as froth. ' Sir," he said, ' a man might write such stuff for ever, if he would abandon his mind to it.' BoswelPs Johnson, i. 396, n. 3. To Macpherson, who had threatened him in ' a foolish and impudent letter,'... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 570 pagina’s
...only—the enjoyment of hope—the high superiority of rank, without the anxious cares of government—and a great degree of power, both from natural influence...stuff for ever, if he would abandon his mind to it." He said, " A man should pass a part of his time with the laughers, by which means any thing ridiculous... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 570 pagina’s
...enjoyment of hope — the high superiority of rank, without the anxious cares of government — and a great degree of power, both from natural influence...might write such stuff for ever, if he would abandon hia inind to it." 1 Ilor. Sat., i., 3, 33. * See Appendix to this volume. — Editor. He said, " A... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 460 pagina’s
...enjoyment of hope — the high superiority of rank, without the anxious cares of government — and a great degree of power, both from natural influence...merit, that he said, " Sir, a man might write such staff for ever, if he would abandon his mind to it." He said, " A man should pass a part of his time... | |
 | James Boswell - 1891 - 548 pagina’s
...schools of this kingdom, to the beginning of the present [eighteenth] century.' • See ante, i. 426. great degree of power, both from natural influence...such stuff for ever, if he would abandon his mind to it1.' He said, 'A man should pass a part of his time with the laughers, by which means any thing ridiculous... | |
 | Hugh Walker - 1893 - 272 pagina’s
...the sceptics were generally warped by their disbelief to undue depreciation. " Sir," said Johnson, " a man might write such stuff for ever if he would abandon his mind to it." If however Fingal had been purely " stuff," it would not have captivated a mind like Napoleon's. He... | |
 | Hugh Walker - 1893 - 274 pagina’s
...the sceptics were generally warped by their disbelief to undue depreciation. " Sir," said Johnson, " a man might write such stuff for ever if he would abandon his mind to it." If however Fingal had been purely " stuff," it would not have captivated a mind like Napoleon's. He... | |
 | Thomas Bailey Saunders - 1894 - 350 pagina’s
...Yes, sir ; many men, many women, and many children;" and to Reynolds he afterwards declared that " a man might write such stuff for ever, if he would abandon his mind to it". To discover the explanation of Johnson's contempt for the poems is in nowise a difficult task ; nor,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 928 pagina’s
...enjoyment of hope, — the high superiority of rank, without the anxious cares of government, — and e with Maxwell and me at the Mitre, and we will talk...country lodging near Twickenham, he asked what sort " He said, " A man should pass a part of his time with the laug/ters, by which means anything ridiculous... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 556 pagina’s
...communicated to me the following particular " Johnson thought the poems published as translations from Ossi merit, that he said, ' Sir, a man might write such stuff for ever, if he bis mind to it. ' "He said, 'A man should pass a part of his time with the Ian means any thing ridiculous... | |
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I recollect only — the enjoyment of hope, — the high superiority of rank, without the anxious cares of government, — and a great degree of power, both from natural influence wisely used, and from the sanguine expectations of those who look forward... 
