 | Samuel Johnson - 1772 - 388 ページ
...when I wrote them. There is furely reafon to fufpedt that he pleafed himfelf as well as his audience ; and that thefe, like the harlots of other men, had...a lefs generous and fplendid kind. He makes, like 298 DRYDE N. like almoft all other poets, very frequent ufe of Mythology, and fometimes connects religion... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 484 ページ
...ivben I wrote them. There is furely reafon to fufpect that he pleafed himfelf as well as his audience ; and that thefe, like the harlots of other men, had...though not his approbation. He had fometimes faults of alefs generous and fplendid kind. He makes, like almoft all other poets, very frequent ufe of Mythology,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 476 ページ
...when J wrote them. There is furely reafon to fufpect that he pleafed himfelf as well as his audience; and that thefe, like the harlots of other men, had his love, though not his approbation. He had fbmetimes faults of a lefs generous and fplendid kind. He makes, like almoft all other poets, very... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1783 - 456 ページ
...when I wrote them. There is furely reafon to fufpect that he pleafed himfelf as well as his audience ; and that thefe, like the harlots of other men, had...poets, very frequent ufe of mythology, and fometimes connects religion and ,fable too clofely without diftinction. He defcends to difplay his knowledge... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1783 - 484 ページ
...had enough to pleafe, even- taken / wrote "tkem>. Th«re is 'ri to fufpeft that he pleafed himlike the harlots of other men, had his love/ though not...poets, very frequent ufe of mythology, and fometimes connects religion and fable too clofely without diftinction. He defcends to difplay his knowledge with... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 494 ページ
...when I wrote them. There is furely reafon to fufpect that he pleafed himfelf as well as his audience ; and that thefe, like the harlots of other men, had...his approbation. '• He had fometimes faults of a left generous an<J fplendid kind. He makes, like almoft all other poets, very frequent ufc of mythology,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 498 ページ
...pien, had his love, though not his approbation.. j He had fometimes faults of a lefs generous an<J fplendid kind. He makes, like almoft all other poets, very frequent ufe of mythology, and fometimes connects religion and fable too clofely without diftinction* He defcends to difplay his knowledge with... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 344 ページ
...I wrote them." There is furely reafon to fufpeft that he pieafed himfelf as well as his audience ; and that thefe, like the harlots of other men, had...almoft all other poets, very frequent ufe of mythology, U 3 and and fometimes connefts religion and fable too clofely without diftinftion. He defcends to difplay... | |
 | James Boswell - 1791 - 608 ページ
...in on either fide. " The abyfs of un-ideal [emptinefs] vacancy. u Thefe, like [many other harlots,] the harlots of other men, had his love though not his approbation. " He [fometimes difplays] dejcends to difplay his knowledge with pedantick oftentation. " French words which... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 478 ページ
...I wrote " them." There is furely reafon to fufpect that he pleafed himfelf as well as his audience; and that thefe, like the harlots of other men, had...poets, very frequent ufe of mythology, and fometimes connects religion and fable too clofely without diftinction. He defcends to difplay his knowledge with... | |
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There is surely reason to suspect that he pleased himself as well as his audience ; and that these, like the harlots of other men, had his love, though not his approbation. He had sometimes faults of a less generous and splendid kind. 
