Fancy can hardly forbear to conjecture with what temper Milton surveyed the silent progress of his work, and marked its reputation stealing its way in a kind of subterraneous current through fear and silence. I cannot but conceive him calm and confident,... The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Strona 288autor: Samuel Johnson - 1806Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
| Samuel Johnson - 1779 - Liczba stron: 280
...relying on his own merit with fteady confcioufnefs, and waiting, without impatience, the viciffitudes of opinion, and the impartiality of a future generation. In the mean time he continued his ftudies, and fupplied the want of fight by a very odd expedient, of which Philips gives the following... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1781 - Liczba stron: 494
...relying on his own merit with fteady confcioufnefs, and waiting, without impatience, the viciffuudes of opinion, and the impartiality of a future generation. In the mean time he continued his ftudies, and fupplied the want of fight by a very odd expedient, of which Philips gives the following... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1781 - Liczba stron: 498
...marked his reputation ftealing its way in a kind of fubterraneous current through fear and filence. I cannot but conceive him calm and confident, little disappointed, not at all dejected, relying op his own merit with fteady confcioufnefs, and waiting, without impatience, the viciffitudes of opinion,... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - Liczba stron: 498
...relying on his own merit with fteady confcioufhefs, and waiting, without impatience, the viciffitudes of opinion, and the impartiality of a future generation. In the mean time he continued his fIndies, and fupplied the want of light by a very odd expedient, of which Philips gives the following... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1792 - Liczba stron: 478
...relying on his own merit with fteady confcioufnefs, and waiting without impatience the viciffitudes of opinion, and the impartiality of a future generation. In the mean time he continued his fludies, and fupplied the want of fight by a very odd expedient, of which Philips gives the following... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1795 - Liczba stron: 610
...his own merit with fteady confcioufnefs, and waiting, ' without without impatience, the viciffitudes of opinion, and the impartiality of a future generation. In the mean time he continued his ftudies, and fupplied the want of fight by a very odd expedient, of which Philips gives the following... | |
| James Boswell - 1799 - Liczba stron: 648
...reproach.' Act v. sc. 2. ' Oh hide me from myself.' Act v. sc. 3. ' Johnson wrote of Milton : — ' I cannot but conceive him calm and confident, little...opinion, and the impartiality of a future generation.' Johnson's Works, vii. 108. ' 'Genus irritabile vatum.' 'The fretful tribe of rival poets.' Francis,... | |
| James Boswell - 1799 - Liczba stron: 640
...reproach.' Act v. sc. 2. ' Oh hide me from myself.' Act v. sc. 3. 1 Johnson wrote of Milton : — ' I cannot but conceive him calm and confident, little...opinion, and the impartiality of a future generation.' Johnson's Works, vii. 108. ' Genus irritabile vatum.' 'The fretful tribe of rival poets.' Francis,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1800 - Liczba stron: 714
...reputation stealing its way in kind of subterraneous current through fear and silence. I cannot but concei him calm and confident, little disappointed, not at all dejected, relying on 1 own merit with steady consciousness, and waiting, without impatience, t! vicissitudes of opinion,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1801 - Liczba stron: 476
...relying on his own merit with fteady confcioufnefs, and waiting without impatience the viciffitudes of opinion, and the impartiality of a future generation. In the mean time he continued his ftudies, and fupplied the want of fight by a very odd expedient, of which Philips gives the following... | |
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