 Such equivocations are always unskilful ; but here they are indecent, and, at least, approach to impiety, of which, however, I believe the writer not to have been conscious. Such is the power of reputation justly acquired, that its blaze drives away the...  The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Σελίδα 297των Samuel Johnson - 1806Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | Matthew Arnold - 1904 - 472 σελίδες
...century for their defective poetry and criticism of poetry. True, Johnson is capable of saying : ' Surely no man could have fancied that he read Lycidas with pleasure had he not known the author ! ' True, he is capable of maintaining ' that the description of the temple in Congreve's Mourning... | |
 | William Hickling Prescott - 1903 - 720 σελίδες
...the critic who can say of the most exquisite effusion of Doric minstrelsy that our language boasts, "Surely no man could have fancied that he read 'Lycidas' with pleasure, had he not known the author;" and of " Paradise Lost" itself, that "its perusal is a duty rather than a pleasure"? Could a more exact... | |
 | 1903 - 772 σελίδες
...work today. In one of his volcanic outbursts of critical dogmatism Johnson says, most unjustly, that no man could have fancied that he read Lycidas with pleasure had he not known the author. It would be far less unjust, and probably a close approximation to the truth, to say that no man to-day... | |
 | Thomas Marc Parrott - 1904 - 330 σελίδες
...every line he wrote. In one of his outbursts of dogmatic criticism Johnson says, most unjustly, that no man could have fancied that he read Lycidas with pleasure had he not known the author. It would be far less unjust, and probably a close approximation to the truth, to say that no man to-day... | |
 | JOHN MASEFIELD - 1907 - 550 σελίδες
...least approach to impiety, of which, however, I believe the writer not to have been conscious. Such is the power of reputation justly acquired, that its...pleasure, had he not known the author. Of the two pieces, "L1 Allegro" and "II Penseroso," I believe, opinion is uniform ; every man that reads them, reads them... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1907 - 172 σελίδες
...approach to impiety, 30 of which, however, I believe the writer not to have been conscious. Such is the power of reputation justly acquired, that its...that he read Lycidas with pleasure, had he not known its author. Of the two pieces, ' L'Allegro' and ' II Penseroso,' I .^ believe, opinion is uniform;... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - 1910 - 812 σελίδες
...approach to impiety, — of which, however, I believe the writer not to have been conscious. Such is the power of reputation justly acquired, that its...that he read "Lycidas" with pleasure had he not known its author. — JOHNSON, SAMUEL, 1779, John Milton, Lives of the English Poets. "Lycidas,"— though... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1910 - 310 σελίδες
...century for their defective poetry and criticism of poetry. True, Johnson is capable of saying: ' ' Surely no man could have fancied that he read Lycidas with pleasure had he not known the author!" True, he is capable of maintaining "that the description of the temple in Congreve's Mourning Bride... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1910 - 306 σελίδες
...century for their defective poetry and criticism of poetry. True, Johnson is capable of saying: ' ' Surely no man could have fancied that he read Lycidas with pleasure had he not known the author!" True, he is capable of maintaining "that the description of the temple in Congreve's Mourning Bride... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - 1910 - 58 σελίδες
..."in a sort of obscurity, the private enjoyment of a few curious readers." And Dr. Johnson exclaims : "Surely no man could have fancied that he read Lycidas with pleasure, had he not known its author." There can be little doubt that now-a-days Milton's juvenilia are more read than Paradise... | |
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