 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1898 - 590 pagine
...Society. * " Then we upon the globe's last verge shall go, And view the ocean leaning on the sky ; From thence our rolling neighbours we shall know, And on the lunar world securely pry." Annus Mirabilis, 164. aspiring prelates, Ward, Bishop of Salisbury, and Wilkins, Bishop of Chester,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1899 - 216 pagine
...not conscious : Then we upon our orb's last verge shall go, And see the ocean leaning on the sky ; From thence our rolling neighbours we shall know, And on the lunar world securely pry. These lines have no meaning ; but may we not say, in 20 imitation of Oowley on another book, Tis so... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 928 pagine
...these lines : — ' Then we upon our globe's last verge shall go, And see the ocean leaning on the sky; "a man who in his domestic relations Much pleasant conversation passed, which Johnson relished with great good humour. But his conversation... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 638 pagine
...these lines : * Then we upon our globe's last verge shall go, And see the ocean leaning on the sky ; From thence our rolling neighbours we shall know. And on the lunar world securely pry.' " Talking ofpuns, Johnson, who had a great^contempt for that species of wTt, deigned to allow that there was... | |
 | James Boswell - 1901 - 448 pagine
...these lines : " Then we upon our globe's last verge shall go, And see the ocean leaning on the sky ; From thence our rolling neighbours we shall know,...was one good pun in 'Menagiana,' I think on the word corps.2 1 Dr. Johnson's memory here was not perfectly accurate : ' Eugenio ' does not conclude thus.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1901 - 500 pagine
...these lines :— " Then we upon our globe's last verge shall go, And see the ocean leaning on the sky ; From thence our rolling neighbours we shall know,...of puns, Johnson, who had a great contempt for that spocies of wit, deigned to allow that there was one good pun in " Menagiana,'' I think on the word... | |
 | James Boswell - 1904 - 1590 pagine
...lines : " Then we upon our globe's last verge shall go, And see the ocean leaning on the sky ; Prom b 2. 1 Dr. Johnson's memory here was not perfectly accurate : Eugenio does not conclude thus. There are... | |
 | Georg Karl Cornelius Gerland - 1904 - 670 pagine
...„Then we npoii sur globes last verge shall go, And view the ocean leaning on the sky; From thence sur rolling neighbours we shall know, And on the lunar world securely pry." Hier liegen die Keime zu der später so mächtig aufgeschossenen Literatur „über die Mehrheit der... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1905 - 530 pagine
...not conscious : ' Then we upon our orb's last verge shall go, And see the ocean leaning on the sky ; From thence our rolling neighbours we shall know, And on the lunar world securely pry 6.' To sudden love, and to more sud- And he who servilely creeps after den scorn ! sense AMARILLIS,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1907 - 628 pagine
...these lines : ' Then we upon our globe's last verge shall go, And see the ocean leaning on the sky ; From thence our rolling neighbours we shall know, And on the lunar world securely pry.' " * Here is another instance of his high admiration of Milton as a Poet, notwithstanding his jnst abhorrence... | |
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Then we upon our globe's last verge shall go, And see the ocean leaning on the sky ; From thence our rolling neighbours we shall know, And on the lunar world securely pry. 
