 | Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 pages
...greatest critic entertained of " The Church-Yard." " In the character of this'Elegy," says Dr. Johnson, " I rejoice to concur with the common reader ; for ' by the common sense of readers, uncorrupted with ' literary prejudices, after all the refinements of sub' tilty,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 410 pages
...directed. His translations of Northern and Welsh Poetry deserve praise ; the imagery is preserved, perhaps often improved ; but the language is unlike...concur ' with the common reader; for by the common sense of readers, uncorrupted with literary prejudices, after all the refinements of subtilty and the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1819 - 364 pages
...ill directed. His translations of northern and Welsh poetry deserve praise: the imagery is preserved, perhaps often improved ; but the language is unlike...poets. » In the character of his elegy I rejoice to concuij with the common reader ; for by the common sense of readers, uncorrupted with literary prejudices,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 406 pages
...SEBASTIAN. His translations of Northern and Welsh poetry deserve praise ; the imagery is preserved, perhaps often improved ; but the language is unlike...concur with the common reader ; for by the common , sense of readers, uncorrupted with literary pre- V judices, after all the refinements of subtilty... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 404 pages
...ill directed. His translation of Northern and Welsh Poetry deserve praise ; the imagery is preserved, perhaps often improved ; but the language is unlike...concur with the common reader ; for by the common sense of readers, uncorrupted with literary prejudices, after all the refinements of subtilty and the... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 584 pages
...directed. His translations of Northern and Welch Poetry deserve praise ; the imagery is preserved, perhaps often improved ; but the language is unlike...concur with the common reader ; for by the common sense of readers, uncorrupted with literary prejudices, af ler all the refinements of subtilty and... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 284 pages
...ill directed. His translations of Northern and Welsh Poetry deserve praise; the imagery is preserved, perhaps often improved; but the language is unlike...to concur with the common reader; for by the common sense of readers, uncorrupted with literary prejudices, after all the refinements of subtilty and the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 404 pages
...ill directed. His translations of Northern and Welsh Poetry deserve praise; the imagery is preserved, perhaps often improved ; but the language is unlike...concur with the common reader ; for by the common sense of readers uncorrupted with literary prejudices, after all the refinements of subtilty and the... | |
 | ARTHUR MURPHY - 1823 - 616 pages
...ill directed. His translations of Northern and Welsh Poetry deserve praise; the imagery is preserved, perhaps often improved ; but the language is unlike...the language of other poets. In the character of his Klegy I rejoice to concur with the common reader ; for by the common sense of readers uncorrupted with... | |
 | William Collins, Thomas Gray, James Beattie, George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1824 - 478 pages
...directed . His translations of Northern' and Welsh Poetry deserve praise ; the imagery is preserved, perhaps often improved ; but the language is unlike the language of other poets. ln the character of his Elegy I rejoice to concur with the common reader ; for by the common sense... | |
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In the character of his Elegy I rejoice to concur with the common reader; for by the common sense of readers uncorrupted with literary prejudices, after all the refinements of subtilty and the dogmatism of learning, must be finally decided all claim to... 
