| Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 594 pages
...of Butler* That 'book is good In vain which the reader throws away. He only is the master who keeps the mind in pleasing captivity ; whose pages are perused...such as the traveller casts .upon departing -day. • Life of Dryden. " Books," says Baconr" can never teach the use •of books." The student must learn... | |
| Lodovico Ariosto - 1807 - 318 pages
...attention. That book is good in vain which the reader throws away. He only is the master who keeps the mind in pleasing captivity ; whose pages are perused...sorrow, such as the traveller casts upon departing day." THE LIFE OF ARIOSTO: EXTRACTED FROM PIGNA, FORNARI, GARAFOLO, MAZZUCHELLT, AND OTHERS. oOME authors,... | |
| Lodovico Ariosto - 1807 - 314 pages
...attention. That book is good in vain which the reader throws away. He only is the master who keeps the mind in pleasing captivity; whose pages are perused with eagerness, and in hope of new pleasure arc perused again ; and whose conclusion is perceived with an eye of sorrow^ such as the traveller... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 476 pages
...attention. That book is good in vain, which the reader throws away. He only is the master, who keeps the mind in pleasing captivity ; whose pages are perused with eagerness, and in hoper of new pleasure are perused again ; and whose conclusion is perceived with an eye of sorrow,... | |
| Walter Hutchinson Aston - 1811 - 324 pages
...Baviad and.Mseviad. •{• Loves of the Triangles, in particular. J He only is the Master, who keeps the mind in pleasing captivity ; whose pages are perused...with an eye of sorrow, such as the traveller casts upoi\ departing day. . . . i By his proportion of this predomination I. will consent that by " * the... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 420 pages
...vain which the reader throws away. He •nly is the master who keeps the mind in pleasing «optivity ; whose pages are perused with eagerness, and in hope...sorrow, such as the traveller casts upon departing iay. By his proportion of this predomination I will consent that Dryden should be tried ; of this,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 486 pages
...attention. That book is good in vain, which the reader throws away. He only is the master, who keeps the mind in pleasing captivity; whose pages are perused...proportion of this predomination I will consent that Dry den should be tried j of this, which, in opposition to reason, makes Ariosto the darling and the... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 410 pages
...attention. That book is good in vain which the reader throws away. He only is the master who keeps the mind in pleasing captivity ; whose pages are perused...again ; and whose conclusion is perceived with an eye cf sorrow, such as the traveller casts upon departing day. i pride of Italy ; of this, which, in defiance... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1819 - 644 pages
...attention. That book is good in vain which the reader throws away. He only is the master who keeps the mind in pleasing captivity ; whose pages are perused...pleasure are perused again ; and whose conclusion b perceived with an eye of sorrow, such as the traveller casts upon departing day. By his proportion... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1821 - 502 pages
...attention. That book is good in vain, which the reader throws away. He only is the master, who keeps the mind in pleasing captivity ; whose pages are perused...the darling and the pride of Italy ; of this, which, i» defiance of criticism, continues Shakspeare the sovereign of the drama. the old poem of Boiardo... | |
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