 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 486 pages
...composure of Paradise Lost, " which I have a particular reason," says he, " to remember ; for whereas I had the perusal of it " from the very beginning, for some years, as I VOL. IX. K " went from time to time to visit him, in parcels of " ten, twenty, or thirty verses at... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 410 pages
...composure of Paradise Lost, f* which I have a particular reason," says he, " to re" member; for whereas I had the perusal of it from " the very beginning,...by " whatever hand came next, might possibly want oor-, " reetion as to the orthography and pointing), having, * as the summer came on, not been shewed... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 366 pages
...poem from the very beginning for some years, as he went from time to time to visit him, in a parcel of ten, twenty, or thirty verses at a time, which,...want correction as to the orthography and pointing.'* It would have been a wonder, indeed, of Edward Phillips had failed to applaud his uncle's performance... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 470 pages
...composure of " Paradise Lost," " which I have a particular reason," says he, " to remember ; for whereas I had the perusal of it from the very beginning, for...and desiring the reason thereof, was answered, that his vein never happily flowed but from the autumnal equinox to the vernal ; and that whatever he attempted... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 466 pages
...composure of " Paradise Lost," " which I have a particular reason," says he, " to remember ; for whereas I had the perusal of it from the very beginning, for...and desiring the reason thereof, was answered, that his vein never happily flowed but from the autumnal equinox to the vernal ; and that whatever he attempted... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 476 pages
...composure of Paradise Lost, " which I have a particular reason," says he, " to remember ; for whereas I had the perusal of it from the very beginning, for...pointing), having, as the summer came on, not been showed any for a considerable while, and desiring the reason thereof, was answered, that his vein never... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1821 - 502 pages
...composure of Paradise Lost, " which I have a particular reason," says he, " to remember ; for whereas I had the perusal of it from the very beginning, for...pointing), having, as the summer came on, not been showed any for a considerable while, and desiring the reason thereof, was answered, that his vein never... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 302 pages
...' Paradise Lost,' — ' which I have particular reason,' says he, ' to remember ; for whereas I bad the perusal of it from the very beginning, for some...pointing,) having, as the summer came on, not been showed any for a considerable while, and desiring the reason . thereof, was answered, that his vein... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 484 pages
...composure of Paradise Lost, " which I have a particular reason," says he, " to remember ; for whereas I had the perusal of it from the very beginning, for...and desiring the reason thereof, was answered, that his vein never happily flowed but from the Autumnal Equinox to the Vernal; and that whatever he attempted... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1823 - 652 pages
...have a particular reason," says he, *' to remember ; for whereas I had the perusal of it VOL. VI. K from the very beginning, for some years, as I went...and desiring the reason thereof, was answered, that his vein never happily flowed but from the Autumnal Equinox to the Vernal; and that whatever he attempted... | |
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I have a particular reason," says he, " to remember ; for whereas I had the perusal of it from the very beginning, for some years, as I went from time to time to visit him, in parcels of ten, twenty, or thirty verses at a time (which, being written by... 
