 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 476 Seiten
...such as a college easily supplies. Nothing can less display knowledge, or less exercise invention, than to tell how a shepherd has lost his companion,...yet a grosser fault. With these trifling fictions are mingled the most awful and sacred truths, such as ought never to be polluted with such irreverend... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 470 Seiten
...such as a college easily supplies. Nothing can less display knowledge, or less exercise invention, than to tell how a shepherd has lost his companion,...yet a grosser fault. With these trifling fictions are mingled the most awful and saVOL. IX. L cred truths, such as ought never to be polluted with such... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1821 - 502 Seiten
...such as a college easily supplies. Nothing can less display knowledge, or less exercise iavention, than to tell how a shepherd has lost his companion,...sympathy ; he who thus praises will confer no honour. likewise is now a feeder of sheep, and afterwards an ecclesiastical pastor, a superintendent of a Christian... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 302 Seiten
...such as a college easily supplies. Nothing can less display knowledge, or less exercise invention, than to tell how a shepherd has lost his companion,...must now feed his flocks alone, without any judge of bis skill in piping; and how one god asks another god what is become of Lycidas, and how neither god... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 426 Seiten
...Subordinate poets exercise no invention, when they tell how a shepherd has lost his companion, and must feed his flocks alone, without any judge of his skill in piping : but Milton dignifies and adorns these common artificial incidents with unexpected touches of picturesque... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 428 Seiten
...Subordinate poets exercise no invention, when they tell how a shepherd has lost his companion, and must feed his flocks alone, without any judge of his skill in piping : but Milton dignifies and adorns these common artificial incidents with unexpected touches of picturesque... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1824 - 450 Seiten
...such as a college easily supplies. Nothing can less display knowledge, or less exercise invention, than to tell how a shepherd has lost his companion,...skill in piping; and how one god asks another god what has become of Lycidas, and how neither god can tell. He who thus grieves will excite no sympathy; he... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 428 Seiten
...Subordinate poets exercise no invention, when they tell how a shepherd has lost his companion, and must feed his flocks alone, without any judge of his skill in piping : but Milton dignifies and adorns these common artificial incidents with unexpected touches of picturesque... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 504 Seiten
...such as a college easily supplies. Nothing can less display knowledge, or less exercise invention, than to tell how a shepherd has lost his companion,...yet a grosser fault. With these trifling fictions are mingled the most awful and sacred truths, such as ought never to be polluted with such irreverend... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 674 Seiten
...such as a co lege easily supplies. Nothing can less display knowledge, or less exercise invention, than to tell how a shepherd has lost his companion,...yet a grosser fault. With these trifling fictions are mingled the most awful and sacred truths, such as ought never to be polluted with such irreverend... | |
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Nothing can less display knowledge, or less exercise invention, than to tell how a shepherd has lost his companion, and must now feed his flocks alone, without any judge of his skill in piping ; and how one god asks another god what is become of Lycidas,... 
