 | Edmund Waller - 1806 - 320 oldal
...successfully, that his language is now as fresh as it was at first setting out. Were we to judge barely by the wording, we could not know what was wrote at twenty, and what at fourscore. He complains, indeed, of a tide of words that comes in upon the English poet, and overflows... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 476 oldal
...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 at twenty, and what at fourscore." His versification was, in his first essay, such as it appears in his last performance.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 420 oldal
...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 at twenty, and what at fourscore." His versification was, in his first essay, such as it appears in his last performance.... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1817 - 496 oldal
...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 at twenty, and what at fourscore." * " He had grammar learning from Bigge, of Wickham, say (who was the information of Mr.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 486 oldal
...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 at twenty, and what at fourscore." His versification was, in his first essay, such as it appears in his last performance.... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 532 oldal
...that he attained by a felicity like instinct a stile, which perhaps will never be obsolete; and that, were we to judge only by the wording, we could not know what was written at twenty, and what at fourscore. His versification was, in his first essay, such as it appears... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 536 oldal
...that he attained by a felicity like instinct a stile, which perhaps will never be obsolete; and that, were we to judge only by the wording, we could not know what was written at twenty, and what at fourscore. His versification was, in his first essay, such as it appears... | |
 | 1817 - 490 oldal
...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 at twenty, and what at fourscore." * " He had grammar learning from Bigge, of Wickham, say (who was the information of Mr.... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1817 - 490 oldal
...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 at twenty, and what at fourscore." / * "' He had grammar learning from Bigge, of Wickham, say (who was the information of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 410 oldal
...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 at twen" ty, and what at fourscore." His versification was, in his first essay, such as it appears in... | |
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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... 
