 | Samuel Johnson - 1821 - 406 páginas
...intelligence, and lost no opportunity of information ; he consulted the living as well as the dead ; he read his compositions to his friends, and was never...verses was his first labour, and to mend them was bis l .r,'Brom his attention to poetry .he'g vertedi If conversation offered any .thing could be improved,... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 308 páginas
...compositions to his friends, and was never content'with mediocrity, when excellence could be attained. Ho considered poetry as the business of his life; and, however he might seem to lament his occupation, ho followed it with constancy : to make verses was his first labour, and to mend them was his last.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 404 páginas
...intelligence, and lost no opportunity of information; he consulted the living as well as the dead; he read his compositions to his friends, and was never...was his first labour, and to mend them was his last. common, rose to his mind, he was careful to write it; an independent distich was preserved for an opportunity... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 412 páginas
...intelligence, and lost no opportunity of information ; he consulted the living as well as the dead ; he read his compositions to his friends, and was never...was his first labour, and to mend them was his last. common, rose to his mind, he was careful to write it ; an independent distich was preserved for an... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1823 - 410 páginas
...intelligence, and lost no opportunity of information ; he consulted the living as well as the dead; he read his compositions to his friends, and was never...excellence could be attained. He considered poetry as the i business of his life ; and, however he might seem to lament his occupation, he followed it with constancy;... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 532 páginas
...intelligence, and lost no opportunity of information ; he consulted the living as well as the dead ; he read his compositions to his friends, and was never...verses was his first labour, and to mend them was his lust. From his attention to poetry he was never diverted. If conversation offered any thing that could... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1825 - 536 páginas
...consulted the living as well as the dead ; he read his compositions to his friends, and was never contented with mediocrity when excellence could be attained....seem to lament his occupation, he followed it with constaney ; to make verses was his first labour, and to mend them was his last. PASTORALS ; WITH A... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 520 páginas
...intelligence, and lost no opportunity of information ; he consulted the living as well as the dead ; he read his compositions to his friends, and was never...excellence could be attained. He considered poetry as tbe business of his life ; and, however he might seem to lament his occupation, he followed it with... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1826 - 396 páginas
...intelligence, and lost no opportunity of information; he consulted the living as well as the dead ; pa liU last. From his attention to poetry he was never diverted. If conversation offered any thing that... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1826 - 446 páginas
...consulted the living as well as the dead ; he read his compositions to his friends, and was never contented with mediocrity when excellence could be attained....From his attention to poetry he was never diverted, it conversation offered any thing that could be improved, he committed it to paper; if a thought, or... | |
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These benefits of nature he improved by incessant and unwearied diligence; he had recourse to every source of intelligence, and lost no opportunity of information ; he consulted the living as well as the dead ; he read his compositions to his friends,... 
