 them commended by a man well qualified to decide their merit. The Latin pieces are lufcioufly elegant; but the delight which they afford is rather by * the exquifite imitation of the ancient writers, by the purity of the diction, and the harmony of the...  The Works of the English Poets: Prefaces - Strana 147autor/autoři: Samuel Johnson - 1779Úplné zobrazení - Podrobnosti o knize
 | Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 478 str.
...Italian, Latin, and English. Of the Italian I cannot pretend to speak as a critick; but I have heard them commended by a man well qualified to decide their merit. The Latin pieces are lusciously elegant; but the delight which they afford is rather by the exquisite imitation of the ancient... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1824 - 458 str.
...are lusciously elegant; but that the delight which they afford is rather by the exquisite imitations of the ancient writers, by the purity of the diction,...numbers, than by any power of invention or vigour of sentiment." Ut transeundi .apes non sit, magna tamen est dignitas subsequendi. Though we have no hopes... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1824 - 450 str.
...Italian, Latin, and English. Of the Italian I cannot pretend to speak as a critick; but I have heard them commended by a man well qualified to decide their merit. The Latin pieces are lusciously elegant; but the delight which they afford is rather by the exquisite imitation of the ancient... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 528 str.
...Italian, Latin, and English. Of the Italian I cannot pretend to speak as a critick; but I have heard them commended by a man well qualified to decide their merit. The Latin pieces are lusciously elegant; but the delight which they afford is rather by the exquisite imitation of the ancient... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 504 str.
...Italian, Latin, and English. Of the Italian I cannot pretend to speak as a critick; but I have heard them commended by a man well qualified to decide their merit. The Latin pieces are lusciously elegant; but the delight which they afford is rather by the exquisite imitation of the ancient... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 534 str.
...Italian, Latin, and English. Of the Italian I cannot pretend to speak as a critic ; but I have heard them commended by a man well qualified to decide their merit. The Latin pieces are lusciously elegant; but the delight which they afford is rather by the exquisite imitation of the ancient... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 556 str.
...Italian, Latin, and English. Of the Italian I cannot pretend to speak as a critick; but I have heard them commended by a man well qualified to decide their merit. The Latin pieces are lusciously elegant; but the delight which they afford is rather bv the exquisite imitation of the ancient... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1826 - 430 str.
...Italian, Latin, and English* Of the Italian I cannot pretend to speak as a critic; but I have heard them commended by a man well qualified to decide their merit. The Latin pieces are lusciously elegant; but the delight which they afford is rather by the exquisite imitation of 'he ancient... | |
 | John Milton - 1833 - 438 str.
...pieces, he says, are lusciously elegant; but the delight which they afford is rather by the imitation of ancient writers, by the purity of the diction, and...numbers, than by any power of invention or vigour of sentiment. This remark we conceive to be dictated by prejudice, if a judgment may be formed from his... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1834 - 722 str.
...Latin pieces are lusciously closant ; but the delight which they afford is rather by the exquisite imitation of the ancient writers, by the purity of the diction, and the larmony of the numbers, than by any power of invention, or vigour of sentiment Theyare not all of equal... | |
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