I cannot say he is everywhere alike; were he so, I should do him injury to compare him with the greatest of mankind. He is many times flat, insipid, his comic wit degenerating into clenches, his serious swelling into bombast But he is always great when... The Works of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. - Página 189por Samuel Johnson - 1809Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Hugh Blair - 1829 - 648 páginas
...injury, to compare him to the greatest of mankind. He is many times flat and ms,p,d ; h,s conuc w,t degenerating into clenches ; his serious swelling into bombast. But he is always great, when »om« great occasion is presented to him.' DRYDES'S Essay on Dramatic Poetry when we would least wish... | |
| 1830 - 288 páginas
...there. I cannot say he is every " where alike. Were he so4, I should do him " injury to compare him to the greatest of " mankind. He is many times flat and...swelling into bombast. But he is " always great when sonae great occasion is pre" sentedto him. " Great he may be justly called, as the extent and force... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 páginas
...nature : he looked inwards, and found her there. I cannot say he is everywhere alike ; were he so, I out injury to our insipid ; his comic wit degenerating into clenches, his serious swelling into bombast. But he is always... | |
| 1830 - 430 páginas
...inwards, and found her there. I cannot say he is every where alike ; — were he so, I should do him an injury to compare him with the greatest of mankind. He is many times flat, insipid ; his comick wit degenerating into clenches, his .serious swelling into bombast. But he is... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1832 - 364 páginas
...nature ; he looked inwards, and found her there. I cannot say he is every where alike ; were he so, I should do him injury to compare him with the greatest...insipid ; his comic wit degenerating into clenches, bis serious swelling into bombast. But he is always great, when some great occasion is presented to... | |
| John Genest - 1832 - 656 páginas
...nature — he looked inwards and found her there — I cannot say he is every where alike; were he so, I should do him injury to compare him with the greatest of mankind — he is many times flat, insipid ; his comic wit degenerating into clenches, his serious swelling into bombast — but he is... | |
| Anniversary calendar - 1832 - 600 páginas
...nature ; he looked inwards, and found her there. I cannot say he is every where alike ; were he so, I should do { him injury to compare him with the greatest of mankind." MILTON. The funeral was attended by all the author's learned and great friends in London, not without... | |
| Hugh Blair - 1833 - 654 páginas
...there. ] cannot sav he is every where alike. Were he so, I should do him injury, to compare him to the greatest of mankind. He is many times flat and...swelling into bombast. But he is always great, when •ome great occasion is presented to him. 1 DRYDEH'S Essay on Dramatic Poetrj I when we would least... | |
| 1921 - 472 páginas
...as witness the following passage: "I cannot say he is everywhere alike. ... He is many times flat, insipid; his comic wit degenerating into clenches, his serious swelling into bombast." (Pp. 47-48.) "Shakespeare's language is likewise a little obsolete." A little later, in 1674, Edward... | |
| David Irving - 1836 - 432 páginas
...him injury to compare him with the greatest of mankind. He is many times flat, insipid ; his comick wit degenerating into clenches, his serious swelling...great, when some great occasion is presented to him. * * * As for Johnson, to whose character I am now arriv'd, if we look upon him while he was himself... | |
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