 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 366 pages
...Blenheim. He was a very early writer, both in verse and prose. His Progress of Love, and his " Persian Letters," were both written when he was very young ; and indeed the character of a young man is very visible in both. The verses cant of shepherds and flocks, and crooks dressed with flowers ; and the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 410 pages
...Blenheim." He was a very early writer, both in verse and prose. His " Progress of Love," and his " Persian Letters," were both written when he was very young ; and indeed the character of a young man is very visible in both. The verses cant of shepherds and flocks, and crooks dressed with flowers ; and the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 404 pages
...Blenheim." He was a very early writer, both in verse and prose. His " Progress of Love," and his " Persian Letters," were both written when he was very young; and indeed the character of a young man is very visible in both. The verses cant of shepherds and flocks, and crooks dressed with flowers ; and the... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 286 pages
...Blenheim.' He was a very early writer, both in verse and prose. His ' Progress of Love,' and his ' Persian Letters,' were both written when he was very young; and indeed the character of a young man is very visible in both. The verses cant of shepherds and flocks, and crooks dressed with flowers; and the... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 276 pages
...flocks, and crooks dressed with flowers; and the Letters have something of that indistinct and headstrong ardour for liberty which a man of genius always catches when he enters the world, and always suffers to cool as he passes forward. nents of Sir Robert Walpole, though his father, who was a Commissioner... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 404 pages
...Blenheim." He was a very early writer, both in verse and prose. His " Progress of Love," and his " Persian Letters," were both written when he was very young; and indeed the character of a young man is very visible in both. The Verses cant of shepherds and flocks, and crooks dressed with flowers ; and the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 682 pages
...Blenheim." He was a very early writer, both in verse and prose. His " Progress of Love," and his " Persian Letters," were both written when he was very young ; and indeed the character of a young man is very visible in both. The Verses cant of shepherds and flocks, and crooks dressed with flowers ; and the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 524 pages
...Blenheim. He was a very early writer, both in verse and prose. His Progress of Love, and his Persian Letters, were both written when he was very young...and, indeed, the character of a young man is very visible in both. The verses cant of shepherds and flocks, and crooks dressed with flowers ; and the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 750 pages
...and crooks dressed with flowers ; and the letters have something of that indistinct and headstrong ardour for liberty, which a man of genius always catches when he enters the world, and always suffers to cool as he passes forward. He staid not long at Oxford ; for, in 1728, he began his travels,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 532 pages
...fellows. He was. a very early writer, both in verse and prose. His " Progress of Love," and his " Persian Letters," were both written when he was very young; and indeed the character of a young rman is very visible in both. The verses cant of shepherds and flocks, and crooks dressed with flowers;... | |
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The verses cant of shepherds and flocks, and crooks dressed with flowers ; and the letters have something of that indistinct and headstrong ardour for liberty which a man of genius always catches when he enters the world and always suffers to cool as... 
