 | 1735 - 682 ページ
...far-fetched expreffions." So, becaufe Dr. Johnfon fays, that " the profpeii of Eton College fuggefts nothing to Gray, which every beholder does not equally think and feel," Mr. Potter wilhes to teach us that novelty is neither requifite nor ornamental in poetry. The following... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1781 - 506 ページ
...water j and, if me had, \vould not lefs have been drowned, l. The Pmjpf £1 of Eaton College fuggetts nothing to Gray, which every beholder does not equally think and feel. His {application to father Thames, to tell him who drives the hoop or tofles the ball, is ufelefs and puerile,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 ページ
...if fhe had, would not lefs have been drowned. i The Profpett cf Eton College fuggefts nothing to o Gray, which every beholder does not equally think...who drives the hoop or tofles the ball, is ufelefs land puerile. Father Thames has no better means of knowing than himfelf. His epithet buxom health is... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 676 ページ
...the water ; and, if Ihe had, would not lefs have been drowned. r The ProffeS of Eton College fuggefts nothing to Gray, which every beholder does not equally...father Thames, to tell him who drives the hoop or toffes the ball, is ufcleft and puerile. Father Thames has no better means of knowing than himfelf.... | |
 | 1787 - 672 ページ
...cxprtflions) we hcauiiv agree with our Author : " The Profpefl of Eton Colitee," fays Dr. Join/on, " fuggefts nothing to Gray, which every Beholder does not equally think and feel" ' By this confeflion then the fentiments are natural, and confonant to the feelings of humanity : and... | |
 | 1787 - 668 ページ
...expreffions) we heartily agree with our Author : " The ProfpeS of Eton College," fays Dr. Johnfan, " fuggefts nothing to Gray, which every beholder does not equally think and feel." ' By this confefTion then the ftntimenis are natural, and confonant to die feelings of humanity : and... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 312 ページ
...water ; and, if fhe had, would not lefs have been drowned. The " Profpeft of Eton College" fuggefts nothing to Gray, which every beholder does not equally...father Thames, to tell him who drives the hoop or tones the ball, is ufelefs and puerile. Father Thames has no better means of knowing than liimfelf.... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1795 - 1036 ページ
...drowned. "The ProffcB of Etm College fuggefts nothing to Gray, which every beholder does not equal- j ly think and feeL His fupplication to father> Thames,...tell him who drives the hoop or tofles the! ball, is nfelefi and puerile. Father Thames has no better means of knowing than himfelf. Hist epithet " buxom... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1797 - 278 ページ
...water, and if fhe had would not lefs have been drowned. " The " P'rofpedT: of Eton College" fuggefts nothing to Gray which every beholder does not equally think and feel. His fupptication to father Tliames to tell him who drives the hoop, or tofles the ball, is ufelefs and... | |
 | 1798 - 602 ページ
...college," wi ites the Doftor, •* fuggefts nothing to Gny v.liidi every beholder does, not equnlly think and feel. His fupplication to Father Thames, to tell him who drives the hoop or tolfes the hall, is uftlefs and puerile. Father Thames has no better mems of knowing- than himfelf."... | |
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The Prospect of Eton College suggests nothing to Gray, which every beholder does not equally think and feel. 
