 | John Dryden - 1811 - 582 pages
...is furely reafon to fufpeci that he pleafed himfelf as well as his audience ; and that thefe, like the harlots of other men, had his love, though not his approbation. He had fometimes faults of a lefs generous and fplendid kind. He makes, like almoft all other poets, very... | |
 | John Dryden, Joseph Warton, John Warton - 1811 - 642 pages
...There is ulrely reafon to fufpe& that he pleafed himfelf as well an his audience ; and that thefe, like the harlots of other men, had his love, though not his approbation. He had fometimes faults of a lefs generous and fplendid kind. He make?, hke almoft all other poets, very... | |
 | James Boswell - 1817 - 536 pages
...un-ideal [emptiness] vacancy. •• These like [many other harlots,! the harlots of oilier men, had hit love though not his approbation. " He [sometimes displays] descends to display his knowledge with pedantic ostentation. "French word» which [were theu used in] had then crept into convex dation."... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 410 pages
...is surely reason to suspect that he pleased himself as well as his audience ; and that these, like the harlots of other men, had his love, though not his approbation. He had sometimes faults of a less generous and splendid kind. He makes, like almost all other poets, very... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 550 pages
...the mind feels in the investigation of secrets. " His best actions are but [convenient] inability of wickedness. " When once he had engaged himself in...[many other harlots,] the harlots of other men, had hii love though not his approbation. " He [sometimes displays] descends to display his knowledge with... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1820 - 466 pages
...is surely reason to suspect that he pleased himself as well as his audience ; and that these, like the harlots of other men, had his love, though not his approbation. He had sometimes faults of a less generous and splendid kind. He makes, like almost all other poets, very... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1820 - 476 pages
...is surely reason to suspect that he pleased himself as well as his audience ; and that these, like the harlots of other men, had his love, though not his approbation. He had sometimes faults of a less generous and splendid kind. He makes, like almost all other poets, very... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 412 pages
...the mind feels in the investigation of secrets. " His best actions are but [convenient] inability nf wickedness. " When once he had engaged himself in...conversation." The Life of Pope was written by Johnson con amnre, both from the early possession which that writer had taken of his mind, and from the pleasure... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - Authors, English - 1823 - 652 pages
...is surely reason to suspect that he pleased himself as well as his audience ; and that these, like the harlots of other men, had his love, though not his approbation. He had sometimes faults of a less generous and splendid kind. He makes, like almost all other poets, very... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 674 pages
...is surely reason to suspect that he pleased himself as well as his audience ; and that these, like the harlots of other men, had his love, though not his approbation. He had sometimes faults of a less generous and splendid kind. He makes, like almost all other poets, very... | |
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The reason of this general perusal, Addison has attempted to [find in] derive from the delight which the mind feels in the investigation of secrets. " His best actions are but [convenient] inability of wickedness. " When once he had engaged himself in... 
