 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
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 390 str.
..."The Latin pieces are lusciously elegant; but the delight which they afford is rather by the exquisite imitation of the ancient writers, by the purity of...numbers, than by any power of invention or vigour of sentiment. They are not all of equal value; the elegies excel the odes; and some of the exercises on... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 592 str.
..."The Latin pieces are lusciously elegant; but the delight which they afford is rather by the exquisite imitation of the ancient writers, by the purity of...of the numbers, than by any power of invention or rigour of sentiment. They are not all of equal value; the elegies excel the odes; and some of the exercises... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 752 str.
...Latin pieces are lusciously elegant ; but the delight which they afford is rather by the exquisite imitation of the ancient writers, by the purity of...numbers, than by any power of invention, or vigour of sentiment. They are not all of equal value ; the elegies excel me odes; and some of the exercises on... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1838 - 716 str.
...Italian, Latin, and English. Of the Italian I cannot pretend to speak as a critic ; bull have heard them commended by a man well qualified to decide their merit. The Latin pieces are lusciously I'lenrrmi ; but the delight which they afford is rather bv the exquisite imitation of the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1843 - 718 str.
...Latin pieces are lusciously eb'L r nnt ; hut the delight which they afford is rather by the exquisite imitation of the ancient writers, by the purity of...numbers, than by any power of invention, or vigour of sentiment They are not all of equal value ; the elegies excel the odes ; and some of the exercises... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1846 - 714 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 (fie... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 468 str.
...The Latin pieces are lusciously elegant; but the delight which they afford is rather by the exquisite imitation of the ancient writers, by the purity of...numbers, than by any power of invention, or vigour of sentiment. They are not all of equal value ; the elegies excel the odes; and some of the exercises... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 346 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... | |
 | Thomas Keightley - 1855 - 518 str.
...Sonnets and a short Canzone in the language of Italy. Johnson says of these pieces, " I have heard them commended by a man well qualified to decide their merit." The person he meant was Baretti, and his opinion has, we believe, been the prevalent one ever since, and... | |
 | Thomas Keightley - 1855 - 512 str.
...Sonnets and a short Canzone in the language of Italy. Johnson says of these pieces, " I have heard them commended by a man well qualified to decide their merit." The person he meant was Baretti, and his opinion has, we believe, been the prevalent one ever since, and... | |
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