| Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 412 pages
...this be he, That heroic, that renown'd, Irresistable Samson ; whom unarm'd •No strength of man, or fiercest wild beast, could withstand ; Who tore the...will not easily be discovered in short quotations, be cause they consist in the justness of diffuse reasonings, or in the contexture and method of continued... | |
| John Milton, Henry John Todd - 1809 - 544 pages
...icarce to preferve, whether the lines end with or without rhymes, any appearance of metrical regularity. Since I have thus pointed out the faults of Milton, critical integrity requires that I mould endeavour to difplay his excellencies, though they will not eafily be difcovered in ftiort quotations,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 464 pages
...this be he, That heroick, that renown'd, Irresistible Samson ; whom unarm'd No strength of man, or fiercest wild beast, could withstand ; Who tore the...kid? • Since I have thus pointed out the faults of Afilton, critical integrity requires that I should endeavour to display his excellencies, though they... | |
| John Milton - 1810 - 540 pages
...Can this be he, That heroick, that renown'd, Irresistible Samson? whom unarm'd No strength of man, or fiercest wild beast, could withstand; Who tore the lion, as the lion tears the kid ; Ran on embattled armies clad in iron; And, weaponless himself, Made arms ridiculous, useless the... | |
| William Hayley - 1810 - 418 pages
...this be he> That heroick, that renown'd, Irresistible Samson ? whom unarm M No strength of man, or fiercest wild beast, could withstand; Who tore the lion, as the lion tears the kid ; Ran on embattled armies clad in iron; And, weaponless himself, Made arms ridiculous, useless the... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1811 - 370 pages
...this be he, That heroick, that renown 'd, Irresistible Samson ; whom unarm 'd No strength of man, or fiercest wild beast, could withstand ; Who tore the...integrity requires that I should endeavour to display his excellences, though they •will not easily be discovered in short quotations, because they consist... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 462 pages
...this be he. That heroick, that renown'd, Irresistible Samson ; whom unarm'd No strength of man, or fiercest wild beast, could withstand ; Who tore the...integrity requires that I should endeavour to display his excellences, though they will not easily be discovered in short quotations, because they consist in... | |
| 1822 - 370 pages
...Can this be he, That heroic, that renown'd Irresistible Samson ; whom unarm'd No strength of man, or fiercest wild beast could withstand ; Who tore the...integrity requires that I should endeavour to display his excellences, though they will not easily be discovered in short quotations, because they consist in... | |
| James Ferguson - 1823 - 378 pages
...Irresistible Samson ; whom unarm'd No strength of man, or fiercest wild beast could withstand ; JVho tore the lion, as the lion tears the kid ? — Since...integrity requires that I should endeavour to display his excellences, though they will not easily be discovered in short quotations, because they consist in... | |
| British essayists - 1823 - 820 pages
...this be he, That heroic, that renowned, Irresistible Samson : whom unarm'd, No strength of man, or fiercest wild beast, could withstand. Who tore the lion, as the lion tears the kid ? line 124. Since I have thus pointed out the faults of Milton, critical integrity requires that I... | |
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