 | John Fanning Watson - 1846 - 470 σελίδες
...simplicity of its first plan ; to find what was first projected ; whence the scheme was taken ; how it was improved ; by what assistance it was executed...and from what stores the materials were collected. However obsr.nre this may be in itself, nothing can be more worthy of rational curiosity .'" The object... | |
 | James Boswell - 1848 - 1798 σελίδες
...the simplicity of its first plan ; to find what was first projected, whence the scheme was taken, how been a knight-errant ils founder dug them from the quarries of Nature, or demolished other buildings to embellish his own.'... | |
 | 1851 - 950 σελίδες
..."priina stamina," of Paradise Lost ; " whence," in the words of Dr. Johnson, " the scheme was taken, how it was improved, by what assistance it was executed,...demolished other buildings to embellish his own." The cause is readily understood. Milton achieved no sudden fame. He did not dazzle the mind, occupy... | |
 | Joseph Sortain - 1853 - 388 σελίδες
...its scheme was taken, how it was improved, by what assistance it was executed, from what stores its materials were collected, whether its founder dug...or demolished other buildings to embellish his own ? Thinkest thou that I o would destroy that temple, Philip, or even that I would cast scorn upon its... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 950 σελίδες
...the simplicity of its first plan ; to find what was first projected, whence the scheme was taken, how it was improved, by what assistance it was executed,...demolished other buildings to embellish his own." Is this the language of one who wished to blast the laurels of Milton ? JOHNSON TO RICHARDSON. "March... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 960 σελίδες
...the simplicity of its first plan ; to find what was Rrst projected, whence the scheme was taken, how 1 Is this the language of one who wished to blast the laurels of MUton ? JOHNSON TO RICHARDSON. "Marche.... | |
 | James Boswell, William Wallace - 1873 - 612 σελίδες
...first projected, whence the scheme was taken, how it was improved, by what assistance it was exccuted, and from what stores the materials were collected,...Nature, or demolished other buildings to embellish his 1 'Proposals [written evidently by Johnsonl for printing the Adamux E*ul of Qroilus, with a translation... | |
 | James Boswell - 1873 - 620 σελίδες
...tho (theme was taken, how it was improved, by •hat assistance it was executed, and from what itores the materials were collected, whether its founder...demolished other buildings to embellish his own." Is this the language of one who wished to blast the laurels of Milton? Though Johnson's circumstances... | |
 | James Boswell - 1874 - 602 σελίδες
...the simplicity of its first plan; to find what was first projected, whence the scheme was taken, how it was improved, by what assistance it was executed,...demolished other buildings to embellish his own." — Is this the language of one who wished to blast the laurels of Milton ? Though Johnson's circumstances... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 534 σελίδες
...to the simplicity of the first plan ; to find what was projected, whence the scheme was taken, how it was improved, by what assistance it was executed,...demolished other buildings to embellish his own." These were the motives that induced Johnson to assist Lauder with a preface ; and are not these the... | |
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... gradually rising, perhaps from small beginnings, till its foundation rests in the centre, and its turrets sparkle in the skies ; to trace back the structure through all its varieties, to the simplicity of its first plan, to find what was first projected,... 
