 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
 | 1883 - 372 Seiten
...companies containing thirty or forty of the best scholars in England and America. " And Johnson, well armed like a hero of yore, Has beat forty French, and will beat forty more." i Since this may be regarded as a daring assertion, the remainder of this article will be devoted to... | |
 | Hester Lynch Piozzi, Richard Cumberland - 1884 - 468 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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 534 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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1888 - 608 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 - 1890 - 568 Seiten
...and odes, would they cope, Their numbers retreat before Dryden and Pope ; And Johnson, well-arm'd, friends are present, for then I fall upon soft : " Johnson this year gave at once a proof of his benevolence, quickness of apprehension, and admirable... | |
 | George Birkbeck Norman Hill - 1897 - 512 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 more1. It is, perhaps, needless to mention, that Forty was the number of the French Academy, at the... | |
 | George Birkbeck Norman Hill - 1897 - 550 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 more3. It is, perhaps, needless to mention, that Forty was the number of the French Academy, at the... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 638 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 ! w Johnson this year gave at once a proof of his benevolence, quickness of apprehension, and admirable... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 928 Seiten
...and odes, would they cope, Their numbers retreat before Dryden and Pope : And Johnson, well-arm'd, otland," which I used in the sense of being of that country ; and, as ! " Johnson this year gave at once a proof of his benevolence, quickness of apprehension, and admirable... | |
 | John Spencer Bassett, Edwin Mims, William Henry Glasson, William Preston Few, William Kenneth Boyd, William Hane Wannamaker - 1902 - 450 Seiten
...British soldier over ten French, he concluded his stanza with this couplet : And Johnson well arm'd, like a hero of yore, Has beat forty French, and will beat forty more. There were many other passages of comment upon the great work, but its chief appearance in satire was... | |
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