...a memoir of James Thomson may with equal truth be applied to the writings of William Cullen Bryant: "The highest praise which he has received ought not to be suppressed : it is said by Lord Lyttleton, in the Prologue to his posthumous play, that his works contained " No line which, dying,...

...hazard either praise or censure. The highest praise which he has received ought not to be supprest : it is said by Lord Lyttelton in the Prologue to his...contained " No line which, dying, he could wish to blot." ' Wordsworth observes (Works, vol. iii. p. .'535, ed. 1837) that even the '2nd edition of Thomson's...

...plus tenté de renouveler l'épreuve. Je ne hasarderai donc, à ce sujet, ni blâme ni éloge. — Liberty, when it first appeared, I tried to read, and soon desisted. I hâve never tried again , and therefore will not hazard either praise or censure ». Ce qui équivaut...

...probable as a recent charge against Byron. Dr. Johnson would not to-day remark, in a Life of Thomson, 'His Liberty, when it first appeared, I tried to read,...tried again, and therefore will not hazard either censure or praise.' The Johnson of to day would ' try again,' or pretend to have tried. But how delightfully...

...fifth lecture on 'The English Poets.' 151. 3. Dr Johnson. See the conclusion of his ' Life of Thomson': "The highest praise which he has received ought not...contained ' No line which dying he could wish to blot.' " 151. 12. Bubb Dodington (1691-1762), a notorious place-hunter, with the redeeming quality of being...

...Let me never taste of gladnesse.'] V. ON THOMSON AND COWPER 85. Dr. Johnson mahes it his praise. ' It is said by Lord Lyttelton, in the Prologue to his...contained "no line which, dying, he could wish to blot."' Life of Thomson. Bub Doddingscn. George Bubb Dodington (1691-1762), one of Browning's 'persons of importance...

...sense, means the flavour of the soil *. Liberty, when it first appeared, I tried to read, and soon 52 desisted. I have never tried again, and therefore will not hazard either praise or censure 2. The highest praise which he has received ought not to be 53 supprest ; it is said by Lord Lyttelton...

...mock patriotism of the Whig opposition. Johnson's taste did not extend to its verse. James Thomson's ''Liberty, when it first appeared, I tried to read,...again, and therefore will not hazard either praise or censure.'102 Yet this did not condone the Hanoverian regime in stifling criticism by the Licensing...

...impossible to make critical progress without summarizing large chunks of the poem. Johnson's comment ("Liberty, when it first appeared, I tried to read, and soon desisted. I have never tried again") continues to be persuasive.5" But it is worthwhile, before beginning an extended reading of the poem,...

...well-known author of The Seasons, Johnson did not mind exposing his own defects. Of Liberty, he wrote, when it first appeared, I tried to read, and soon...again, and therefore will not hazard either praise or censured Johnson also had the gift of making his view of some of the poets only too clear. He dismissed...