| Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 516 pages
...other poet, than the rhymes of Prior are the rhymes of Cowley. His numbers, his paufes, his diction, are of his own growth, without tranfcription> without...a man of genius ; he looks round on Nature and on Life, with the eye which Nature beftows only on a poet ; the eye that diftinguifhes, in every thing... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 522 pages
...other poet, than the rhymes of Prior are the rhymes of Cowley. His numbers, his paufes, his di6tion, are of his own growth, without tranfcription, without...a man of genius ; he looks round on Nature and on Life, with the eye which Nature beftows only on a poet ; the eye that diftinguifhes, in every thing... | |
| Tobias Smollett - 1781 - 506 pages
...rhymes of Cowley. His numbers, his paufes, his diction, are of his own growth, ivithout tranfcrip. tion, without imitation. He thinks in a peculiar train,...a man of genius ; he looks round on Nature, and on Life, with the eye which Nature beftows only on a poet ; . the eye that diftinguifhes, in every thing... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 516 pages
...poet, than the rhymes of Prior are the rhymes of Cowley. His numbers, numbers, his paufes, his diction, are of his own growth, without tranfcription, without...peculiar train, and he thinks always as a man of genius j he looks round on Nature and on Life, with the eye which Nature beftows only on a poet ; the eye... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 244 pages
...'numbers, his paufcs, his diciion, are of his own growth, without tranfcription, withdurt-imitation. He thinks in a peculiar train, 'and he thinks always- as. a tnan'of genius^ :he looks round on Nature and C r 34 THOMSON, oh Lift,- with the eye which Nature beflows... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1783 - 504 pages
...than the rhymes of Prior arc the rhymes of Cowley. His rrambers, his paufe, h« diction; ate of jhi§ own growth, without tranfcription, without imitation....He thinks in a peculiar train, and he thinks always asiariian of genius ; he looks round on Nature and on Life, with the eye which Nature beftows ohlyorfti... | |
| 1784 - 778 pages
...other poet, than the rhymes of Prior, are the rhymes of Cowjey. Hi$ numbers, his pavfes, bis didYion, are of his own growth, without tranfcription, without...thinks always as a man of genius ; he looks round ou Nature and on Life with, the eye ' which Nature beftows only on a poet; the eye tha.t d.iflinguilhes,... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...other poet, than the rhymes of Prior are the rhymes of Cowley. Hia numbers, his paufes, his diction, are of his own growth, without tranfcription, without...as a man of genius; he looks round on Nature and on Life, with the eye which Nature beftows. only on a poet; the eye that diftinguifhes, in every thing... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...other poet, than the rhymes of Prior are the rhymes of Cowley. His numbers, his paufes, his diction, are of his own growth, without tranfcription, without...as a man of genius; he looks round on Nature and on Life, with the eye which Nature beftows only on a poet; the eye that diftinguifhes, in every thing... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 676 pages
...the rhymes of Prior are the rhymes of Cowjey. His numbers, his paufes, his diclion, are pf h}s pwrj growth, without tranfcription, without imitation,...he thinks always as a man of genius; he looks round op Nature and on Life, with the eye which Nature bcftows only on a, poet; the eye that diftinguifties,... | |
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