 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1877 - 522 pages
...exhibiting, as if in proof of Dr. Johnson's notable averment, " 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." On the 4th of July the first number appeared. He had soon to... | |
 | William Davenport Adams - 1880 - 724 pages
...LYTTELTON (1709 — 73) in 1736. "They have," says Johnson, " 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." Persian Prince, The: "or, Loyal Brother." A play by THOMAS SOUTHERN... | |
 | Annie Raine Ellis - 1881 - 284 pages
...blindness, to cheat misery, to wile serfdom. CHAPTER XVIII. " 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 onward." DR. JOHNSON. " Grand swelling sentiments of liberty, I am sure... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1888 - 502 pages
...candles in his windows." ' a,, in. 3s3. THE Letters'1 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. Works, vi;;. 488. 1 The Persian Letters by the first Lord Lyttelton.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1905 - 582 pages
...was a very early writer, both in verse and prose. His Progress of Love 6 and his Persian Letters 7 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 8 ; and the... | |
 | John Ker Spittal - 1923 - 436 pages
...told, " 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... | |
 | John Ker Spittal - 1923 - 436 pages
...and crooks dressed with flowers ; and the j 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." This last remark is, surely, neither just with respect to the... | |
 | 1924 - 566 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 presses forward. Some idea of the commotion caused by " this here question of... | |
 | James Boswell - 1928 - 394 pages
...3. 4. 7 This is what Johnson calls (Life of Lyttelton) "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." (See also the opening paragraphs of his Life of Akenside, and... | |
 | 1925 - 706 pages
...emphasise, were the work of a very young man. They have, he says, " 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/' It was not really the precocity of the Letters which Johnson... | |
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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... 
