 What his mind could supply at call, or gather in one excursion, was all that he sought, and all that he gave. The dilatory caution of Pope enabled him to condense his sentiments, to multiply his images, and to accumulate all that study might produce,...  The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page 252by Samuel Johnson - 1840Full view - About this book
 | ARTHUR MURPHY - 1823 - 616 pages
...performances were always hasty, either excited by some external occasion, or extorted by domestick necessity; he composed without consideration, and...sentiments, to multiply his images, and to accumulate all that study might produce, or chance might supply. If the flights of Dry den therefore are higher,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - Authors, English - 1823 - 410 pages
...performances were always hasty, either excited by some external occasion, or extorted by domestick necessity; he composed without consideration, and...gave. The dilatory caution of Pope enabled him to con-1 dense his sentiments, to multiply his images, and to accumulate all that study might produce,... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1823 - 396 pages
...brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems. Dryden's performances were always hasty ; either excited by some external occasion, or extorted by domestic...correction. What his mind could supply at call, or gather fai one excursion, was all that he sought, and all that he gave. The dilatory caution of Pope enabled... | |
 | George Walker - English prose literature - 1825 - 668 pages
...brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems. Dryden's performances were always hasty, either excited by some external Occasion, or extorted by domestic...sentiments, to multiply his images, and to accumulate all that study might produce, or chance might supply. If the flights of Dryden therefore are higher,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1825 - 524 pages
...performances were always hasty, either excited by some external occasion, or extorted by domestick necessity ; he composed without consideration, and...sentiments, to multiply his images, and to accumulate all that study might produce, or chance might supply. If the flights of Dryden, therefore, are higher,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 682 pages
...performances were always hasty, either excited by some external occasion, or extorted by domestick necessity ; he composed without consideration, and...sentiments, to multiply his images, and to accumulate all that study might produce, or chance might supply. If the flights of Dryden therefore are higher,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 520 pages
...performances were always hasty, either excited by some external occasion, or extorted by domestick necessity ; he composed without consideration, and...one excursion, was all that he sought, and all that lie gave. The dilatory caution of Pope enabled hint to condense his sentiments, to multiply his images,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1826 - 446 pages
...brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems. Dryden's performances were always hasty, either excited by some external occasion, or extorted by domestic...sentiments, to multiply his images, and to accumulate all that study might produce, or chance might supply. If the flights of Dryden therefore are higher,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1826 - 532 pages
...brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems. Dryden's performances were always hasty, either excited by some external occasion, or extorted by domestic...sentiments, to multiply his images, and to accumulate all that study might produce, or chance might supply. If the flights of Dryden, therefore, are higher,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1826 - 526 pages
...brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems. Dryden's performances were always hasty, either excited by some external occasion, or extorted by domestic...sentiments, to multiply his images, and to accumulate all that study might produce, or chance might supply. If the flights of Dryden, therefore, are higher,... | |
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