 | 1796 - 690 pages
...another. Wit, like other things fubjeS by their nature to the choice of man, has its changes and falhions, and at different times takes different forms. About...Cowley, the laft of the race, it is not improper to gire fome account. .The metaphyfical poets were men of learning, and to (hew their learning was their... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 358 pages
...Wit, like all other things fubject by their nature to the choice of man, has its changes and fafhions, and at different times takes different forms. About...feventeenth century appeared a race of writers that may he. termed the metaphyfical poets ; of whom, in a criticifm on the works of Cowley, the laft of the... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1780 - 726 pages
...Wit, like other things fubjeft by their nature to the choice of man, has its changes and faihions, and at different times takes different forms. About...Cowley, the laft of the race, it is not improper to give (unie account. The metaphyfical poets were men of learning, and to (hew their learning was their whole... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 494 pages
...Wit, like all other things fubject by their nature to the choice of man, has its changes and fafhions, and at different times takes different forms. About...; of whom, in a criticifm on the works of Cowley, it is not improper to give fome account. The metaphyfical poets were men of learning, and to fhew their... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 498 pages
...and fafhions, and at diflerent times takes different forms. About the beginning of the feventcemli century appeared a race of writers that may be termed the metaphyfical poets; of whom, in ac:i:icif:n on the works of Cowley, it is not improper to give fome account. The metaphylical poets... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 478 pages
...like all other things, fubject by their nature to the choice of man, has its changes and fafhions, and at different times takes different forms. About...poets; of whom, in a criticifm on the works of Cowley, it is not improper to give fome account. The metaphyfical poets were men of learning, and to fhew their... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1795 - 610 pages
...Wit, like all other things fubject by their nature to the choice of man, has its changes and fafhions, and at different times takes different forms. About...give fome account. The metaphyfical poets were men of barning, and to fhew their learning, was their whole endeavour ; but, unluckily refolving to fhew it... | |
 | 1796 - 692 pages
...Wit, like other tilings fubjeft by their nature to the choice of man, has its changes and faihions, and at different times takes different forms. About...feventeenth century appeared a race of writers that tnay be termed the metaphyfical poets ; of whom, in a criticifm on the works of Cowley, the lall of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 476 pages
...Wit, like all other things fubject by their nature to the choice of man, has its changes and fafhions, and at different times takes different forms. About...appeared a race of writers that may be termed the metaphylical poets ; of whom, in a criticifm on the works of Cowley, it is not improper to give fome... | |
 | 1802 - 684 pages
...changes and f'tlmons, and at different times takes different forms. Aoout the beginning of the feventeemh century appeared a race of writers that may be termed the Metaphyfical Poets; of whom, in a c.iticilm on the works of Cowley, the laft of the race, it is not improper to give fome account. The... | |
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Wit, like all other things subject by their nature to the choice of man, has its changes and fashions, and at different times takes different forms. About the beginning of the seventeenth century appeared a race of writers that may be termed the metaphysical... 
