 | John Milton - 1855 - 900 pages
...flocks alone, ' without any judge of his skill in piping ! and how ouo god asks another what, is becuoie of Lycidas, and how neither god can tell. He, who thus grieves, will excite no sympathy ; he who thus praises, will confer no honour. This poem has yet a grosser fault. With those... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1858 - 418 pages
...his flocks alone, without any judge of his skill in piping; and how one god asks another god what has become of Lycidas, and how neither god can tell. He who thus grieves will excite no sympathy; he who thus praises will confer no honour. Such is the power of reputation justly acquired,... | |
 | John Dennis - 1865 - 344 pages
...flocks alone, without any judge of his skill in piping ; and how one god asks another god what has become of Lycidas, and how neither god can tell. He who thus grieves will excite no sympathy ; he who thus praises will confer no honour. This poem has yet a grosser fault. With these... | |
 | John Milton - 1870 - 116 pages
...now feed his flocks alone, without any judge of his skill in piping ; and how one god asks another what is become of Lycidas, and how neither god can tell. He who thus grieves, will excite no sympathy ; he who thus praises, will confer no honour. ' This poem has yet a grosser fault. With these... | |
 | 1874 - 844 pages
...has lost his compan-. ion, and must now feed his flocks alone ; how one god asks another god what has become of Lycidas, and how neither god can tell. He who thus grieves can excite no sympathy, he who thus praises will confer no honour." Of course every tyro in criticism... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1874 - 810 pages
...shepherd has lost his companion, and must now feed his flocks alone; how one god asks another god what has become of Lycidas, and how neither god can tell. He who thus grieves can excite no sympathy, he who thus praises will confer no honor." Of course every tyro in criticism... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1874 - 802 pages
...has lost his companion, and must now feed his flocks alone ; how one god asks another god what has become of Lycidas, and how neither god can tell. He who thus grieves can eicite no sympathy, he who thus praises will confer no honour." Of course every tyro in criticism... | |
 | John Milton - 1877 - 48 pages
...and must now feed his flocks alone, without any judge of his skill in piping ; and how one god asks another god what is become of Lycidas, and how neither god can tell. He who thus grieves will excite no sympathy, he who thus praises will confer no honour. ' This poem has yet a grosser fault. With these... | |
 | Samuel Andrews (M.A.) - 1884 - 312 pages
...inherent improbability always forces dissatisfaction on the mind. . . . We hear how one god asks another, what is become of Lycidas, and how neither god can tell. He who thus grieves will excite no sympathy ; he who thus praises will confer no honour.' . . . and so on ; finishing up with this final... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1892 - 180 pages
...now feed his flocks alone, without any judge of his skill in piping ; and how one god asks another 20 god what is become of Lycidas, and how neither god can tell. He who thus grieves will excite no sympathy ; he who thus praises will confer no honour. ^ This poem has yet a grosser fault. With these... | |
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Nothing can less display knowledge, or less exercise invention, than to tell how a shepherd has lost his companion, and must now feed his flocks alone, without any judge of his skill in piping; and how one god asks another god what is become of Lycidas,... 
