...and odes would thpy cojx.1 ? Their numbers retreat before Dryden and Pope. And Johmon well arni'd, like a hero of yore, Has beat forty French, and will beat forty more." It ia, perhaps, needless to mention, that Forty was the number of the French academy, at the time when...

...be almost ready to subscribe to the sentiment of Garrick's epigram :— " And Johnson, well arm'd, like a hero of yore, Has beat forty French, and will beat forty more." Indeed the well-known fact alluded to by Johnson, in his Preface, by way of shielding himself from...

...epistles, and odes, would they cope, Their numbers retreat before Dryden and Pope ; And Johnson, weU-crm'd like a hero of yore, Has beat forty French ' - and will beat forty more . ! " Johnson this year gave at once a proof of his benevolence, quickness of apprehension, and admirable...

...epistles, and odes, would they cope, Their numbers retreat before Dryden and Pope ; And Johnson, well-arm'd like a hero of yore, Has beat forty French ', and will beat forty more' !" Johnson this year gave at once a proof of his benevolence, quickness of apprehension, and admirable...

...epistles, and odes would they cope, Their numbers retreat before Dry den and Pope; And Johnson, well arm'd like a hero of yore, Has beat forty French ('), and will beat forty more !" Johnson this year gave at once a proof of his benevolence, quickness of apprehension, and admirable...

...the forty themselves. This is a very flat version of David Garrick : — " And Johnson, well-arm'd like a hero of yore, Has beat forty French, and will beat forty more !" 7 3 Athenaeum, 1835. p. 626. 4 Of the Proficience of Learning, 1605. 4to. Sig. Aa verso. 5 Exposition...

...the forty themselves. This is a very flat version of David Garrick : — " And Johnson, well-arm'd like a hero of yore, Has beat forty French, and will beat forty more !" 7 3 Athenseum, 1835. p. 626. 4 Of the Proficience of Learning, 1605. 4to. Sig. Aa verso. s Exposition...

...the forty themselves. This is a very flat version of David Garrick : — " And Johnson, well-arm'd like a hero of yore, Has beat forty French, and will beat forty more !" 7 3 Athensum, 1835. p. 626. 4 Of the Proficience of Learning, 1605. 4to. Sig. Aa verso. a Exposition...

...the forty themselves. This is a very flat version of David Garrick : — " And Johnson, well-arm'd like a hero of yore, Has beat forty French, and will beat forty more !" 7 3 Athenaeum, 1835. p. 626. 4 Of the Proficience of Learning, 1605. 4to. Sie. Aa verso. 5 Exposition...

...epistles, and odes would they cope ? Their numbers retreat before Dryden and Pope. And Johnson well arm'd, like a hero of yore, Has beat forty French, and will beat forty more." It is, perhaps, needless to mention, that forty was the number of the French academy at the time when...