 | 1876
...than exclude the sun ; but Pope's excavation was requisite as an entrance to his garden, and as some men try to be proud of their defects, he extracted...inconvenience, and vanity produced a grotto where necessity enforced a passage.' The passage is under a public road which separates the front garden... | |
 | 1876
...than exclude the sun; but Pope's excavation was requisite as an entrance to his garden, and as some men try to be proud of their defects, he extracted...inconvenience, and vanity produced a grotto where necessity enforced a passage.' The passage is under a public road which separates the front garden... | |
 | 1876
...than exclude the sun ; but Pope's excavation was requisite as an entrance to his garden, and as some men try to be proud of their defects, he extracted...inconvenience, and vanity produced a grotto where necessity enforced a passage.' The passage is under a public road which separates the front garden... | |
 | 1877 - 799 ページ
...than exclude the sun ; but Pope's excavation was requisite as an entrance to his garden ; and, as some men try to be proud of their defects, he extracted...inconvenience, and vanity produced a grotto, where necessity enforced a passage." Johnson's figure was large, robust, and unwieldy, from corpulency. IIappearance... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1879
...than exclude the sun ; but Pope's excavation was requisite as an entrance to his garden, and, as some men try to be proud of their defects, he extracted...inconvenience, and vanity produced a grotto where necessity enforced a passage. It may be frequently remarked of the studious and speculative, that they... | |
 | Abraham Hayward - 1880
...than exclude the sun ; but Pope's excavation was requisite as an entrance to his garden, and as some men try to be proud of their defects, he extracted...inconvenience, and vanity produced a grotto where necessity enforced a passage." The passage is under a public road which separates the front garden... | |
 | Abraham Hayward - 1880
...than exclude the sun ; but Pope's excavation was requisite as an entrance to his garden, and as some men try to be proud of their defects, he extracted...inconvenience, and vanity produced a grotto where necessity enforced a passage." The passage is under a public road which separates the front garden... | |
 | Abraham Hayward - 1880
...exclude the sun ; but Pope's excavation was requisite as an entrance to his garden, and as some men tiy to be proud of their defects, he extracted an ornament...inconvenience, and vanity produced a grotto where necessity enforced a passage." The passage is under a public road which separates the front garden... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1881 - 466 ページ
...than exclude the sun ; but Pope's excavation was requisite as an entrance to his garden, and, as some men try to be proud of their defects, he extracted...inconvenience, and vanity produced a grotto where necessity enforced a passage. It may / be frequently remarked of the studious and speculative, that... | |
 | Edward Walford - 1884
...than exclude the sun, but Pope's excavation was requisite as an entrance to his garden ; and, as some men try to be proud of their defects, he extracted...inconvenience, and vanity produced a grotto where necessity enforced a passage." The best description of Pope's grotto, and of the poet's satisfaction... | |
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A grotto is not often the wish or pleasure of an Englishman, who has more frequent need to solicit than exclude the sun ; but Pope's excavation was requisite as an entrance to his garden, and, as some men try to be proud of their defects, he extracted... 
