 I am now to examine Paradise Lost ; a poem, which, considered with respect to design, may claim the first place, and with respect to performance the second, among the productions of the human mind.  Lives - Page 82edited by - 1800Full view - About this book
 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...Those little pieces may be dispatched without much anxiety ; a greater work calls for greater care. I am now to examine Paradise Lost : a Poem which,...productions of the human mind. By the general consent of critics, the first praise of genius is due to the writer of an epic poem, as it requires an assemblage... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...Those little pieces may be dispatched without much anxiety ; a greater work calls for greater care. I am now to examine Paradise Lost; a poem, which,...of criticks, the first praise of genius is due to th$ writer of an epick poem, as it requires an assemblage of all the powers which are singly sufficient... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 594 pages
...Waller. 'By the general consent of critics, the first praise of GENIUS is due to the writer of an epic poem, as it requires an assemblage of all the powers...which are singly sufficient for other compositions. Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth, by calling imagination to the help of reason. Epic... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 322 pages
...the critic entertains of the production in the aggregate. " With respect to design ( says he ), it may claim the first place, and with respect to performance,...the second among the productions of the human mind. " The characteristic quality of his poem is sublimity. He sometimes descends to the elegant, but his... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 336 pages
...Those little pieces may be dispatched without much anxiety ; a greater work calls for greater care. I am now to examine Paradise Lost; a poem, which,...productions of the human mind. By the general consent of critieks, the first praise of genius is due to the writer of an epick poem, as it requires an assemblage... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 514 pages
...Those- little pieces may be dispatched without much anxiety ; a greater work calls for greater care. I am now to examine Paradise Lost ; a poem, which,...productions of the human mind. By the general consent of crities, the first praise of genius is due to the writer of an epic poem, as it requires an assemblage... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 476 pages
...Those little pieces may be dispatched without much anxiety; a greater work calls for greater care. I am now to examine Paradise Lost; a poem, which,...place, and with respect to performance the second, Ğmong the productions of the human mind. By the general consent of eriticks the first praise . of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 420 pages
...Those little pieces may be despatched without much anxiety ; a greater work calls for greater care. .I am now to examine Paradise Lost ; a poem, which,...which are singly sufficient for other compositions. Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth, by calling imagination to the help of reason. Epick... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1811 - 420 pages
...Those little pieces may be despatched without much anxiety ; a greater work calls for greater care. I am now to examine Paradise Lost; a poem, which,...design, may claim the first place, and with respect to performanc, the second, among the productions of th e human mind. By the general consent of criticks,... | |
 | Charles Caleb Colton - 1812 - 294 pages
...is Johnson more consistent in his account of Milton's works. He terms the Paradise Lost a Poem which with respect to design may claim the first place,...the second, among the productions of the human mind. Before the greatness displayed iu Milton's poem, all other greatness shrinks away ; when he canuot... | |
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