The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 6F.C. and J. Rivington, 1823 |
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... Pindar to call " the dream of a shadow . " 66 It is surely not difficult , in the solitude of a col- lege , or in the bustle of the world , to find useful studies and serious employment . No man needs to * Barnesii Anacreontem . Dr. J ...
... Pindar to call " the dream of a shadow . " 66 It is surely not difficult , in the solitude of a col- lege , or in the bustle of the world , to find useful studies and serious employment . No man needs to * Barnesii Anacreontem . Dr. J ...
Pagina 46
... Pindar spoke , but his manner of speak- ing . He was therefore not at all restrained to his expressions , nor much to his sentiments ; nothing was required of him , but not to write as Pindar would not have written . Of the Olympick Ode ...
... Pindar spoke , but his manner of speak- ing . He was therefore not at all restrained to his expressions , nor much to his sentiments ; nothing was required of him , but not to write as Pindar would not have written . Of the Olympick Ode ...
Pagina 47
... Pindar is indeed not every where equally preserved . The following pretty lines are not such as his deep mouth was used to pour : Great Rhea's son , If in Olympus top , where thou Sitt'st to behold thy sacred show , If in Alpheus's ...
... Pindar is indeed not every where equally preserved . The following pretty lines are not such as his deep mouth was used to pour : Great Rhea's son , If in Olympus top , where thou Sitt'st to behold thy sacred show , If in Alpheus's ...
Pagina 48
... Pindar . In the following odes , where Cowley chooses his own subjects , he sometimes rises to dignity truly Pindarick ; and , if some deficiencies of language be forgiven , his strains are such as those of the Theban Bard were to his ...
... Pindar . In the following odes , where Cowley chooses his own subjects , he sometimes rises to dignity truly Pindarick ; and , if some deficiencies of language be forgiven , his strains are such as those of the Theban Bard were to his ...
Pagina 51
... Pindar's style ! Even those who cannot perhaps find in the Isthmian or Nemæan songs what Antiquity has disposed them to expect , will at least see that they are ill - represented by such puny poetry ; and all will determine that if this ...
... Pindar's style ! Even those who cannot perhaps find in the Isthmian or Nemæan songs what Antiquity has disposed them to expect , will at least see that they are ill - represented by such puny poetry ; and all will determine that if this ...
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