 There is something in the poetical Arcadia so remote from known reality and speculative possibility, that we can never support its representation through a long work. A Pastoral of an hundred lines may be endured ; but who will hear of sheep and goats,...  The Works of Samuel Johnson - Sida 212efter Samuel Johnson - 1816Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | SAMUEL JOHNSON - 1781 - 254 sidor
...hear of fheep and goats, and myrtle bowers and purling rivulets, through five a&s? Such fcenes pleafe Barbarians in the dawn of literature, and children in the dawn of life; but will be for the rooft part thrown away, as men grow wife, and nations grow learned. &*. BROOM E. WILLIAMBROOMEwasborn... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 478 sidor
...of fheep and goats, and myrtle bowers and purling rivulets, through five acts ? Such fcenes pleafe Barbarians in the dawn of literature, and children in the dawn of life; but will be for the moft part thrown away, as men grow wife, and nations grow learned. :. > .' u • .. i ..' i. • •... | |
 | samuel johnson - 1781 - 276 sidor
...FoX, j. EO..V;,:::. PREFACES TO Cf RANVILLE, ROW E, TICKELL, vCONGREVE, FEN TON, VOL. VI. AND I 0 R. GRANVILLE. OF GEORGE GRANVILLE, or as others write Greenville, or Grenville, afterwards lord Landfdown of Biddcford in the county of Devon, lefs is known than his name and rank might give reafon... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 278 sidor
...ANI) PREFACES TO <GRANVILLE, HOWE, TICKELL, -CO NCR EVE, FEN TON, A 3f T> PRIOR. 46X869 * VOL. VI. GRANVILLE. OF GEORGE GRANVILLE, or as others write Greenville, or Grenville, afterwards lord Landfdown of Biddeford in the county of Devon, lefs is known than his name and rank might give reafon... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 474 sidor
...reprefentation through a long work. A Paftoral of an hundred 'lines may be endured; but who will hear of fheep and goats, and myrtle bowers and purling rivulets, through five acts? Such fcenes pleafe Barbarians in the dawn of literature, and children in the dawn of life; but will be for... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 248 sidor
...reprefentation through a long work. A Paftoral of an hundred lines may be endured ; but who will hear of fheep and goats, and myrtle bowers and purling rivulets, through five acts ? Such fcenes pleafe Barbarians in the dawn of literature, and children in the dawn of life; but will be for... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 474 sidor
...reprefentation through a long work. A Paftoral of an hundred lines may be endured; but who will hear of fheep and goats, and myrtle bowers and purling rivulets, through five acts ? Such fcenes pleafe Barbarians in the dawn of lite-r rature, and children in the dawn of life; but will be... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 332 sidor
...of fheep and goats, and myrtle bowers and purling rivulets, through five afts ? Such fcenes pleafe Barbarians in the dawn of literature, and children in the dawn of life ; but will be for tiia moft part thrown away, as men grow wife, and nations grow learned. C a GRANGRANVILLEOF GEORGE... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 444 sidor
...will be for the moft part thrown away 4 as men grow wife, and nation; grow learned. GRANGRANVILLE. OF GEORGE GRANVILLE, or, as others write, Greenville, or Grenville, afterwards lord Landfdown of Biddeford in the county of Devon, lei's is known than his name and high rank might give... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 sidor
...we can never support its representation through a long work. A Pastoral of an hundred lines may be endured ; but who will hear of sheep and goats, and...will be for the most part thrown away, as men grow wi~e, and nations grow learned* GRANVILLE. G ft ANVILL E. F GEORGE GRAN V' 1 1 LE, or as others write... | |
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