 | 1854 - 788 pages
...caustic and fastidious, if not cynical critic, employs the following terms of unqualified eulogy : "In the character of his Elegy I rejoice to concur with the common reader; for by the common sense of readers oncorrupled with literary prejudices, after »11 the refinements of subtlety and the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 344 pages
...imagery is preserved, perhaps often improved ; but the language is unlike the language of other poets. 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 subtility and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 512 pages
...improved ; but the language is unlike the language of other poets In the character of his Jilegy 24 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... | |
 | Edward Tyrrel Channing - 1856 - 342 pages
...common answer is, Public Opinion, the general sense of mankind. Johnson, speaking of Gray, says, ' 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1861 - 660 pages
...imagery is preserved, perhaps often improved ; but the language is unlike the language of other poets. In the character of his Elegy" I rejoice to concur with the com' mon reader ; for by the common sense of readers uncorrupted with literary prejudices, after all... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1863 - 304 pages
...peace — indeed, of thorough agreement and sympathy. His words are : — " In the character of the Elegy, I rejoice to concur with the common reader ; for by the common sense of readers, uncorrupted by literary prejudices, after all the refinement of subtilty, and the... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1866 - 298 pages
...peace — indeed, of thorough agreement and sympathy. His words are : — " In the character of the Elegy, I rejoice to concur with the common reader ; for by the common sense of readers, uncorrupted by literary prejudices, after all the refinement of subtilty, and the... | |
 | George William Frederick Howard Earl of Carlisle - 1866 - 656 pages
...peace — indeed, of thorough agreement and sympathy. His words are : — " In the character of the Elegy, I rejoice to concur with the common reader ; for by the common sense of readers, uncorrupted by literary prejudices, after all the refinement of subtility, and the... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1879 - 184 pages
...imagery is preserved, perhaps often improved ; but the language is unlike the language of other poets. 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1884 - 348 pages
...something valuable. When he pleases least, it can only be said that a good design was ill directed. * * 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... | |
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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... 
