 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 498 lapas
...editors, that he attained, by a felicity like inftinct, a ftyle which perhaps will never be obfolete ; and that, *' were we *' to judge only by the wording, we could " not know what was wrote at twenty, and ** what at fourfcore." His verfification was, in his firft eflay, fuch as... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 344 lapas
...editors, that he attained, by a felicity like inftinft, a ftyle which perhaps will never be obiblete ; and that, " were we to judge only " by the wording, we could not know what " was wrote at twenty, and what at fourfcore." His vcrfification was, in his firft efTay, fuch as it... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1790 - 508 lapas
...editors, that he attained, by a felicity like inftinct, a ftyle which perhaps will never be obfolete; and that, " were '* we to judge only by the wording, we could Z 3 " not " not know what was wrote at twenty, and ** what at fourfcore." His verfification was, in... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 478 lapas
...editors, that he attained, by a felicity like inftinft, a ftyle which perhaps will never be obfolete; and that, " were we to judge " only by the wording, we could not know what was *^ wrote at twenty, and what at fourfcore." Kis verfification was, in his fitft effay, fuch as... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1795 - 610 lapas
...editors, that he attained, by a felicity like inftinct, a ftile which perhaps will never be obfolete; and that, " were we to " judge only by the wording, we could not " know what was wrote at twenty, and what " at fourfcore." His verfification was in his firft efiay, fuch as it... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 lapas
...observation made by one of his editors, that he attained, by a felicity like instinct, a style which perhaps will never be obsolete ; and that, " were we to judge only by trie wording '? we could not know what was wrote at twenty, and what" at fourscore." His versification... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 476 lapas
...editors, that he attained, by a felicity like inftinct, a ftyle which perhaps will never be obfolete ; and that, " were we to judge ** only by the wording, we could not know what was '** wrote at twenty, and what at fourfcore." His verfirication was, in his firft efiay, fuch as... | |
 | 1802 - 510 lapas
...editors, " that he attained, by a felicity like inftin£r, a Ityle which will never be obfolete : and were we to judge only by the wording, we could not know what was wrote at twenty, and what at fourfcore." By the perufal of Fairfax's tranflation of TaiTo, (to... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 lapas
...observation made by one of his editors, that he attained, by a felicity like instinct, a style which perhaps will never be obsolete ; and that, " were we to judge only by the wording " we could not know what was wroie at twenty, and what at fourscore." His versification was in hisfirstessay^ such as it appears... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 322 lapas
...twenty. Being too young to resist beauty, he found himself captivated by the Lady Dorothea Sydney, eldest daughter of the Earl of Leicester, whom he...all the poetry in which Sacharissa is celebrated. She, however, rejected his addresses, it is said, with disdain, and married in 1636 the Earl of Sunderland... | |
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Andero' ; a piece which justifies the observation made by one of his editors, that he attained, by a felicity like instinct, a style which perhaps will never be obsolete; and that, 'were we to judge only by the wording, we could not know what was wrote... 
