We know that they never drove a field, and that they had no flocks to batten; and though it be allowed that the representation may be allegorical, the true meaning is so uncertain and remote that it is never sought because it cannot be known when it is... Milton, with an Introduction and Notes - Page 52by Samuel Johnson - 1892 - 139 pagesFull view - About this book
| Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 280 pages
...reprefentation may be allegorical, the true meaning is fo uncertain and remote, that it is never fought, becaufe it cannot be known when it is found. . . Among the flocks, and copfes,. and flowers, appear the heathen deities ; Jove and Phoebus, Neptune and JSolus, with a long... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 498 pages
...that it is never fought, becaufe it cannot be known when it is found. p Among the flocks, and copfes, and flowers^ appear the heathen deities ; Jove and.../Eolus, with a long train of mythological imagery, fuch as a College eafily lupplies. Nothing can lefs difplay knowledge, or l«fs cxercife invention,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 494 pages
...reprefentation may be allegorical, the true meaning is fb uncertain and remote, that it is never fought, becaufe it cannot be known when it is found. Among the flocks, and copfes, and flowers, appear the heathen deities ; Jove and Phoebus, Neptune and y£olus, with a long... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 494 pages
...reprefentation may be allegorical, the true meaning Is fo uncertain and remote, that it is never fought becaufe it cannot be known when it is found. Among the flocks, and copfes, and flowers, appear the heathen deities ; Jove and Phoebus, Neptune and. JEolus, with a long... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 498 pages
...reprefentation may be allegorical, the true meaning is fo uncertain and remote, that it is never fought becaufe it cannot be known when it is found. Among the flocks, and copfes, and flowers, appear the heathen deities ; Jove and Phoebus, Neptune and /feolus, with a long... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 478 pages
...reprefentation may be allegorical, the true meaning is fo uncertain and remote, that it is never fought becaufe it cannot be known when it is found. Among the flocks, and copfes, and flowers, appear the Heathen deities; Jove and Phoebus, Neptune and TEolus, with a long... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1795 - 610 pages
...reprefentation may be allegorical, the true meaning is fo uncertain and remote, that it is never fought, becaufe it cannot be known when it is found. Among the flocks, and copfes, and flowers, appear the heathen deities ; Jove and Phoebus, Neptune and JEolus, with a long... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 pages
...flocks to batten ? "J though it be allowed that the representation may be allegorical, the true anmg is so uncertain and remote, that it is never sought because it cannot k bown when it is found. Among Bo Among the flocks, and copses, and flovrers, appear the heathen ueitic.-,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 476 pages
...reprefentation may be allegorical, the true meaning is fo uncertain and remote, that it is never fought, becaufe it cannot be known when it is found. Among the flocks, and copfes, and flowers, appear the Heathen deities; Jove and Phrebus, Neptune and. jEolus, with a long... | |
| Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...they never drove a field, and that they had no flocks to batten ; and though it be allowed that the representation may be allegorical, the true meaning is so uncertain and remote, that it is never soi^ht because it cannot be kncwn when it is found. Among , Among the flocks, and copses, and flowers,... | |
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