 Among the flocks, and copses, and flowers, appear the heathen deities ; Jove and Phoebus, Neptune and ^Eolus, with a long train of mythological imagery, such as a college easily supplies. Nothing can less display knowledge, or less exercise invention,...  Works - Strona 39autor: Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1838Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - Liczba stron: 610
...his flocks alone, without any judge of his skill in piping ; and how one god asks another god what is become of Lycidas, and how neither god can tell; He...; he who thus praises, will confer no honour. This poem has yet a grosser fault. With these trifling fictions are mingled the most aweful and sacred truths,... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - Liczba stron: 716
...such as a College easily supplies. Nothing can less display kndwledge, or less exercise inventions, than to tell how a shepherd has lost his companion,...in piping ; and how one god asks another god what is become of Lycidas, and how neither god can tefl. He who thus grieves will excite no sympathy ; he... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - Liczba stron: 336
...and Phosbus, Neptune and JEolus, with a long train of mythological imagery, such as a college easily supplies. Nothing can less display knowledge, or less...in piping ; and how one god asks another god what is become of Lycidas, and how neither god can tell. He who thus grieves will excite no sympathy ; he... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - Liczba stron: 560
...less exercise invention, than to tell how a shepherd has lost his companion, and must now feed hig flocks alone, without any judge of his skill in piping...; he who thus praises will confer no honour. This poem has yet a grosser fault. With these trifling fictions are mingled the most awful and sacred truths,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - Liczba stron: 476
...and Phoebus, Neptune and ^lolus, with a long train of mythological imagery, such as a college easily supplies. Nothing can less display knowledge, or less...skill in piping; and how one god asks another god what is become of Lycidas, and how neither god can tell. He who thus grieves will excite no sympathy ; he... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - Liczba stron: 420
...and Phoebus, Neptune and .lEolus, with a long train of mythological imagery, such as a college easily supplies. Nothing can less display knowledge, or less...in piping ; and how one god asks another god what is become of Lycidas, and how neither god can tell. He who thus grieves will excite no sympathy j he... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - Liczba stron: 486
...and Phoebus, Neptune and uEolus, with a long train of mythological imagery, such as a college easily supplies. Nothing can less display knowledge, or less...in piping ; and how one god asks another god what is become of Lycidas, and how neither god can tell. He who thus grieves will excite no sympathy ; he... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - Liczba stron: 410
...meaning is so uncertain and remote, that it is never sought, because it cannot be known when it is found. a shepherd has lost his companion, and must now feed...; he who thus praises will confer no honour. This poem has yet a grosser fault. With these trifling fictions are mingled the most awful and sacred truths,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - Liczba stron: 470
...and Phcebus, Neptune and JSolus, with a lorig train of mythological imagery, such as a college easily supplies. Nothing can less display knowledge, or less...in piping ; and how one god asks another god what is become of Lycidas, and how neither god can tell. He who thus grieves will excite no sympathy; he... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - Liczba stron: 476
...and Phoebus, Neptune and jEolus, with a long train of mythological imagery, such as a college easily supplies. Nothing can less display knowledge, or less...skill in piping; and how one god asks another god what is become of Lycidas, and how neither god can tell. He who thus grieves will excite no sympathy ; he... | |
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