 There is something in the poetical Arcadia so remote from known reality and speculative possibility, that we can never support its representation through a long work. A pastoral of an hundred lines may be endured ; but who will hear of sheep and goats,...  The Living Age - Pagina 1001874Vizualizare completă - Despre această carte
 | SAMUEL JOHNSON - 1781 - 254 pagini
...hear of fheep and goats, and myrtle bowers and purling rivulets, through five a&s? Such fcenes pleafe Barbarians in the dawn of literature, and children in the dawn of life; but will be for the rooft part thrown away, as men grow wife, and nations grow learned. &*. BROOM E. WILLIAMBROOMEwasborn... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 478 pagini
...of fheep and goats, and myrtle bowers and purling rivulets, through five acts ? Such fcenes pleafe Barbarians in the dawn of literature, and children in the dawn of life; but will be for the moft part thrown away, as men grow wife, and nations grow learned. :. > .' u • .. i ..' i. • •... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 474 pagini
...reprefentation through a long work. A Paftoral of an hundred 'lines may be endured; but who will hear of fheep and goats, and myrtle bowers and purling rivulets, through five acts? Such fcenes pleafe Barbarians in the dawn of literature, and children in the dawn of life; but will be for... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 474 pagini
...reprefentation through a long work. A Paftoral of an hundred lines may be endured; but who will hear of fheep and goats, and myrtle bowers and purling rivulets, through five acts ? Such fcenes pleafe Barbarians in the dawn of lite-r rature, and children in the dawn of life; but will be... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 248 pagini
...reprefentation through a long work. A Paftoral of an hundred lines may be endured ; but who will hear of fheep and goats, and myrtle bowers and purling rivulets, through five acts ? Such fcenes pleafe Barbarians in the dawn of literature, and children in the dawn of life; but will be for... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 332 pagini
...of fheep and goats, and myrtle bowers and purling rivulets, through five afts ? Such fcenes pleafe Barbarians in the dawn of literature, and children in the dawn of life ; but will be for tiia moft part thrown away, as men grow wife, and nations grow learned. C a GRANGRANVILLEOF GEORGE... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 pagini
...support its representation through a long work. A Pastoral of an hundred lines may be endured ; but who will hear of sheep and goats, and myrtle bowers,...will be for the most part thrown away, as men grow wi~e, and nations grow learned* GRANVILLE. G ft ANVILL E. F GEORGE GRAN V' 1 1 LE, or as others write... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 536 pagini
...of fheep and goats, and myrtle bowers and purling rivulets, through five ails ? Such fcenes pleafe Barbarians in the dawn of literature, and children in the dawn of life ; but will be for the moft part thrown away, as men grow wife, and nations grow learned. GRANGRANVILLE. OF GEORGE GRANVILLE,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 424 pagini
...through a long work. A Paftpral of an hundred lines may be endured ; but who who will hear of fheep and goats, and myrtle bowers and purling rivulets, through five acts ? Such fcenes pleafe Barbarians in the dawn of literature, and chil-r dren in the dawn of life ; but will... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pagini
...support its- representation through a long work. A Pastoral of an hundred lines may be endured; but who will hear of sheep and goats, and myrtle bowers,...barbarians in the dawn of literature, and children in the davVn of life ; but will be for the most part thrown away, as men grow wise, and nations grow learned.... | |
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