 | Samuel Rogers - 1845 - 340 pages
...stealing its way in a kind of subterraneous current through fear and silence. I cannot but coneeive him calm and confident, little disappointed, not at...opinion, and the impartiality of a future generation. — JOHNSON. After line 23, in the MS. O'er place and time we triumph ; on we go, Ranging at will the... | |
 | Basil Montagu - 1849 - 284 pages
...through fear and silence. I cannot but conceive him calm and confident, not at all dejected, relying in his own merit with steady consciousness, and waiting...opinion, and the impartiality of a future generation." A mind true to itself, wUl proceed without hurrying and without pausing. Against the tendency to hasty... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1851 - 328 pages
...Through the dim curtains of Futurity. dejected, relying on his own merit with steady consc ousness, and waiting, without impatience, the vicissitudes...opinion, and the impartiality of a future generation.— JOHNSON. After line 14, in the MS. O'er place and time we triumph ; on we go, Ranging at will the realms... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1852 - 522 pages
...work, and marked his reputation stealing its way in a kind of subterraneous current through fear and silence. I cannot but conceive him calm and confident,...opinion, and the impartiality of a future generation. — JOHNSON. After line 32, in the MS. O'er place and time we triumph ; on we go, Ranging at will the... | |
 | John Edgar Blomfield - 1854 - 150 pages
...work, and marked its reputation stealing its way in a kind of subterraneous current, through fear and silence. I cannot but conceive him calm and confident,...opinion, and the impartiality of a future generation." Milton has left several passages, both in his prose and poetical works, in which he refers to his affliction... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 468 pages
...with Homer, Virgil, reputation stealing its way in a kind of subterraneous current through fear and silence. I cannot but conceive him calm and confident,...opinion, and the impartiality of a future generation. In the mean time he continued his studies, and supplied the want of sight by a very odd expedient,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 346 pages
...work, and marked its reputation stealing its way in a kind of subterraneous current through fear and silence. I cannot but conceive him calm and confident,...opinion, and the impartiality of a future generation. In the mean time he continued his studies, and supplied the want of sight by a very odd expedient,... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1854 - 516 pages
...work, and marked his reputation stealing its way in a kind of subterraneous current through fear and silence. I cannot but conceive him calm and confident,...opinion, and the impartiality of a future generation. — JOHNSON. After line 33, in the MS. O'er place and time we triumph ; on we go, Ranging at will the... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1854 - 494 pages
...reputation stealing its way in a kind of suhterraneous current through fear and silence. I cannot hut conceive him calm and confident, little disappointed,...the vicissitudes of opinion and the impartiality of * future generation. — Johnson. After this line, in the MS. O'er place and time we triumph ! on we... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1854 - 468 pages
...its way in a kind of subterraneous current through fear and silence. I cannot but conceive him cal«i and confident little disappointed, not at all dejected,...opinion and the impartiality of a future generation. —Johnson. After this line, in the MS. O'er place and time we triumph ; on we go, Ranging at will... | |
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Lost broke into open view with sufficient security of kind reception. Fancy can hardly forbear to conjecture with what temper Milton surveyed the silent progress of his work, and marked its reputation stealing its way in a kind of subterraneous current... 
