Have put their whole drama and epick to flight ; In satires, epistles, and odes, would they cope, Their numbers retreat before Dryden and Pope ; And Johnson, well arm'd like a hero of yore, Has beat forty French *, and will beat forty more... The life of Dr. Samuel Johnson - Seite 344von Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 750 Seiten
...and odes would thpy cojx.1 ? Their numbers retreat before Dryden and Pope. And Johmon well arni'd, like a hero of yore, Has beat forty French, and will beat forty more." It ia, perhaps, needless to mention, that Forty was the number of the French academy, at the time when... | |
| Robert Walsh - 1828 - 564 Seiten
...be almost ready to subscribe to the sentiment of Garrick's epigram :— " And Johnson, well arm'd, like a hero of yore, Has beat forty French, and will beat forty more." Indeed the well-known fact alluded to by Johnson, in his Preface, by way of shielding himself from... | |
| James Boswell - 1831 - 602 Seiten
...epistles, and odes, would they cope, Their numbers retreat before Dryden and Pope ; And Johnson, weU-crm'd like a hero of yore, Has beat forty French ' - and will beat forty more . ! " Johnson this year gave at once a proof of his benevolence, quickness of apprehension, and admirable... | |
| James Boswell - 1831 - 600 Seiten
...epistles, and odes, would they cope, Their numbers retreat before Dryden and Pope ; And Johnson, well-arm'd like a hero of yore, Has beat forty French ', and will beat forty more' !" Johnson this year gave at once a proof of his benevolence, quickness of apprehension, and admirable... | |
| James Boswell - 1835 - 378 Seiten
...epistles, and odes would they cope, Their numbers retreat before Dry den and Pope; And Johnson, well arm'd like a hero of yore, Has beat forty French ('), and will beat forty more !" Johnson this year gave at once a proof of his benevolence, quickness of apprehension, and admirable... | |
| 1838 - 274 Seiten
...the forty themselves. This is a very flat version of David Garrick : — " And Johnson, well-arm'd like a hero of yore, Has beat forty French, and will beat forty more !" 7 3 Athenaeum, 1835. p. 626. 4 Of the Proficience of Learning, 1605. 4to. Sig. Aa verso. 5 Exposition... | |
| Bolton Corney - 1838 - 280 Seiten
...the forty themselves. This is a very flat version of David Garrick : — " And Johnson, well-arm'd like a hero of yore, Has beat forty French, and will beat forty more !" 7 3 Athenseum, 1835. p. 626. 4 Of the Proficience of Learning, 1605. 4to. Sig. Aa verso. s Exposition... | |
| Bolton Corney - 1838 - 276 Seiten
...the forty themselves. This is a very flat version of David Garrick : — " And Johnson, well-arm'd like a hero of yore, Has beat forty French, and will beat forty more !" 7 3 Athensum, 1835. p. 626. 4 Of the Proficience of Learning, 1605. 4to. Sig. Aa verso. a Exposition... | |
| Bolton CORNEY - 1838 - 280 Seiten
...the forty themselves. This is a very flat version of David Garrick : — " And Johnson, well-arm'd like a hero of yore, Has beat forty French, and will beat forty more !" 7 3 Athenaeum, 1835. p. 626. 4 Of the Proficience of Learning, 1605. 4to. Sie. Aa verso. 5 Exposition... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 334 Seiten
...epistles, and odes would they cope ? Their numbers retreat before Dryden and Pope. And Johnson well arm'd, like a hero of yore, Has beat forty French, and will beat forty more." It is, perhaps, needless to mention, that forty was the number of the French academy at the time when... | |
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