 Pope's excavation was requisite as an entrance to his garden, and, as some men try to be proud of their defects, he extracted an ornament from an inconvenience, and vanity produced a grotto where necessity enforced a passage.  Lives - 524. oldalSzerkesztette: - 1800Teljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 516 oldal
...than exclude the fun ; but Pope's excavation was requifite as an entrance to his garden, and, as fome men try to be proud of their defects, he extracted...inconvenience, and vanity produced a grotto where neceffity enforced a paflage. It may be frequently remarked of the ftudious and fpeculative, that they... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 522 oldal
...than exclude the fun ; but Pope's excavation was requifite as an entrance to his garden, and, as fome men try to be proud of their defects, he extracted...inconvenience, and vanity produced a grotto where neceflity enforced a paflage. It may be frequently remarked of the ftudious and fpeculative, that they... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 418 oldal
...than ex-clude the fun; but Pope's excavation was requifite as an entrance to his gar, andj as fomemen try to be proud of their defects, he extracted an...inconvenience, and vanity produced a grotto where neceflity enforced a paffage. It may be frequently remarked of the ftudious and fpeculative, that they... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 oldal
...than exclude the fun; but Pope's excavation was requifiteas an entrance to his garden, and, as fome men try to be proud of their defects, he extracted...inconvenience, and vanity produced a grotto where neceffity enforced a paflage. It may be frequently remarked of the ftudious and fpeculative, that they... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 676 oldal
...than exclude the fun; but Pope's excavation was requifite as an entrance to his garden, and, as fome men try to be proud of their defects, he extracted...inconvenience, and vanity produced a grotto where neceffity enforced a paflage. It may be frequently remarked of the ftudious and fpeculative, that they... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 464 oldal
...dignified it with the title of a grotto, a place of silence and retreat, from which he endeavoured to persuade his friends and himself that cares and...inconvenience, and vanity produced a grotto where necessity enforced a passage. It may be frequently remarked of the studious and speculative, that they are proud... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 404 oldal
...he endea* See, however, the Life of Addison in the Biographia Britan* nica, last edition. R. voured to persuade his friends and himself that cares and...inconvenience, and vanity produced a grotto where necessity enforced a passage. It may be frequently remarked of the .studious and speculative, that they ar^ proud... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 546 oldal
...with the title of a grotto, a place of silence and retreat, from which he endeavoured to ]>ersuade his friends and himself, that cares and passions could...inconvenience, and vanity produced a grotto where necessity enforced a passage. It may be frequently remarked of the studious and speculative, that they are proud... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 536 oldal
...endeavoured to persuade bis friends and himself, that cares and passions could be excluded. A grotto }f not often the wish or pleasure of an Englishman, who...inconvenience, and vanity produced a grotto where necessity enforced a passage. It may be frequently remarked of the studious and speculative, that they are proud... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 408 oldal
...which he endea* See, however, the Life of Addison in the Biographia Britannica, last edition. R. voured to persuade his friends and himself that cares and...solicit than exclude the sun ; but Pope's excavation wag requisite as an entrance to his garden, and, as some men try to be proud of their defects, he extracted... | |
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