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" In his Night Thoughts he has exhibited a very wide display of original poetry, variegated with deep reflections and striking allusions, a wilderness of thought, in which the fertility of fancy scatters flowers of every hue and of every odour. This is... "
March 19, 1776-Dec. 13, 1784 - Page 922
by James Boswell - 1907
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His ..., Volume 2

James Boswell - 1791 - 608 pages
...reflections and ftriking allufions; a wildernefs of thought, in which the fertility of fancy fcatters flowers of every hue and of every odour. This is one of the few poems in which blank verie could not be changed for rhime but with difadvantage." And afterwards, " Particular lines are...
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The New annual register, or General repository of history, politics, and ...

1793 - 738 pages
...reflections and ftriking allufions, a wilderncfs of thought, in which the fertility of fancy fcatters flowers of every hue and of every odour. This is one of the few poems in which blank vcrfe could not be changed for rhyme but with difadvantage. The wild diffufion of the fentiments, and...
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Johnson's Lives of the the English Poets: Abridged: with Notes and Illustrations

Samuel Johnson - 1797 - 278 pages
...comprefled and reArained by regard to rhyme. The excellence of this \vork is not exa&nefs but copioufnefs ; particular lines are not to be regarded ; the power...and in the -whole there is a magnificence like that afcribed ' to a Chinefe plantation, the magnificence of vaft extent, and endlefs diverfity." " Of "...
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Night Thoughts

Edward Young - 1798 - 432 pages
...varie" gated with deep reflections and striking allusions ; " a wilderness of thought, in which the fertility of " fancy scatters flowers of every hue,...not be changed for rhyme, but " with disadvantage. The wild diffusion of the sen" timents, and the digressive sallies of imagination, " would have been...
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Dr. Johnson's Table Talk: Containing Aphorisms on Literature, Life ..., Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - 1798 - 464 pages
...reflections and ftriking allufions ; a wildernels of thought, in which the fertility of fancy featters flowers of every hue and of every odour. This is one of the few poems ia which blank verfe could not be changed for rhime but with difadvantage. Particular lines are not...
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Lives

Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 pages
...variegated with deep reflections and striking allusions, a wilderness VOL. I. 4P of of thought, in which the fertility of fancy scatters flowers of every hue and...This is one of the few poems in which blank verse coold not be changed for rhytne but with disadvantage. The wild diffusion of the sentiments, and the...
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The Works of the Author of The Night-thoughts: In Three Volumes, Volume 1

Edward Young - 1802 - 420 pages
...va" riegated with deep reflections and striking allusions ; a wil" derness of thought, in which the fertility of fancy scatters " flowers of every hue,...not be changed " for rhyme, but with disadvantage. The wild diffusion of " the sentiments and the digressive sallies of imagination, " would have been...
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Night Thoughts, on Life, Death, and Immortality

Edward Young - 1802 - 412 pages
...va4' riegated with deep reflections and striking allusions ; a wil" derness of thought, in which the fertility of fancy scatters «' flowers of every hue,...not be changed " for rhyme, but with disadvantage. The wild diffusion of " the sentiments and the digressive sallies of imagination, " would have been...
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Night Thoughts, on Life, Death, and Immortality

Edward Young - 1802 - 416 pages
...va" negated with deep reflections and striking allusions ; a wil" derness of thought, in which the fertility of fancy scatters «' flowers of every hue,...not be changed " for rhyme, but with disadvantage. The wild diffusion of " the sentiments and the digressive sallies of imagination, " would have been...
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A New History of Great Britain: From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the ...

John Adams - 1803 - 486 pages
..." In this work," fays Dr. Johnfon, " which finely reprefents the author's melancholy and morality, particular lines are not to be regarded ; the power...and in the whole there is a magnificence like that afcribed to a Chinefe plantation, the magnificence of vaft extent and endlefs dive'rfity." He -died...
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