 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 516 pages
...Cowley. His numbers, numbers, his paufes, his diction, are of his own growth, without tranfcription, without imitation. He thinks in a peculiar train, and he thinks always as a man of genius j he looks round on Nature and on Life, with the eye which Nature beftows only on a poet ; the eye... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 244 pages
...'numbers, his paufcs, his diciion, are of his own growth, without tranfcription, withdurt-imitation. He thinks in a peculiar train, 'and he thinks always- as. a tnan'of genius^ :he looks round on Nature and C r 34 THOMSON, oh Lift,- with the eye which Nature beflows... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1783 - 504 pages
...rhymes of Cowley. His rrambers, his paufe, h« diction; ate of jhi§ own growth, without tranfcription, without imitation. He thinks in a peculiar train, and he thinks always asiariian of genius ; he looks round on Nature and on Life, with the eye which Nature beftows ohlyorfti... | |
 | 1784 - 778 pages
...rhymes of Cowjey. Hi$ numbers, his pavfes, bis didYion, are of his own growth, without tranfcription, without imitation. He thinks in a peculiar train,...thinks always as a man of genius ; he looks round ou Nature and on Life with, the eye ' which Nature beftows only on a poet; the eye tha.t d.iflinguilhes,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...rhymes of Cowley. Hia numbers, his paufes, his diction, are of his own growth, without tranfcription, without imitation* He thinks in a peculiar train,...prefented to its view, whatever there is on which imagi-. nation can delight to be detained, and with a mind that at once comprehends the vaft, and attenda... | |
 | 1787 - 342 pages
...to one praife of the higheft kind ; his mode of thinking and of exprefling his thoughts is original. He thinks in a peculiar train, and he thinks always...poet ; the eye that diftinguifhes, in every thing prefcnted to its view, whatever there is on which imagination can delight to be detained, and with... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 676 pages
...rhymes of Cowjey. His numbers, his paufes, his diclion, are pf h}s pwrj growth, without tranfcription, without imitation, He thinks in a peculiar train,...he thinks always as a man of genius; he looks round op Nature and on Life, with the eye which Nature bcftows only on a, poet; the eye that diftinguifties,... | |
 | 1788 - 340 pages
...to one praife of the higheft kind ; his mode of thinking and of expreffing his thoughts is original. He thinks in a peculiar train, and he thinks always as a man of genius : be looks round on nature and on life with the eye eye which Nature beftows only on a poet ; the eye... | |
 | 1793 - 738 pages
...rhymes of Cowley. His numbers, his paufes, his diftion, are of his own growth, without tranfcription, without imitation. He thinks in a peculiar train,...which Nature beftows only on a poet; the eye that dirtingiiifhes, in .every thing prefented to its view, whatever there is on which imagination can delight... | |
 | James Thomson - 1793 - 300 pages
...rhymes of Cowley . His numbers, his pauses, his diction, are of his own growth, without transcription, without imitation. He thinks in a peculiar train,...round on Nature and on life with the eye which Nature bestows only on a poet ; the eye that distinguishes, in every thing presented to its view, whatever... | |
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He thinks in a peculiar train, and he thinks always as a man of genius; he looks round on Nature and on Life with the eye which Nature bestows only on a poet, the eye that distinguishes in... 
