| Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 742 páginas
...paid the dues of filial gratitude. In the window of his mother's apartment lay Spenser's Fairy dueen ; @ 3 veree, he became, as he relates, irrecoverably a poet. Such are the accidents which, sometimes remembered,... | |
| John Davison - 1840 - 694 páginas
...Spencer's Fairy Queen, " which " lay in the window of his mother's room, and in " which he took very early delight to read, till by " feeling the charms of verse, he became, as he re" lates, irrecoverably a poet. Such are the accidents " which sometimes remembered and sometimes... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1842 - 716 páginas
...Spenser's Fairy Queen ; in which he ver)' early took delight to read, till, by feeling the charms of Terse, he became, as he relates, irrecoverably a poet. Such...which, sometimes remembered, and perhaps sometimes forsotten, produce that particular designation of mind, and propensity for some certain science or... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1843 - 718 páginas
...acknowledged her care, and justly paúl the dues of filial gratitude. In the window of his mother's apartment the expenses of the next. Thus he spent his time in...expedients and tormenting suspense, living for the greatest pioduce that particular designation of mind, and propensity for some certain science or employment,... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1844 - 476 páginas
...Life of Cowley, writes as follows — ' In the windows of his mother's apartment lay Spenser's ' Faery Queen,' in which he very early took delight to read,...remembered, and perhaps sometimes forgotten, produce that peculiar designation of mind, and propensity for some certain science or employment, which is commonly... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1844 - 484 páginas
...Life of Cowley, writes as follows — ' In the windows of his mother's apartment lay Spenser's ' Faery Queen,' in which he very early took delight to read,...which, sometimes remembered, and perhaps sometimes for* gotten, produce that peculiar designation of mind, and propensity for some certain science or... | |
| 1870 - 846 páginas
..." In the window of his mother's apartment lay Spenser's ' Fairy Queen,'" writes Johnson of Cowley, "in which he very early took delight to read, till,...relates, irrecoverably a poet. " Such are the accidents," he goes on to say, " which sometimes remembered, and perhaps sometimes forgotten, produce that particular... | |
| Richard Hiley - 1846 - 144 páginas
...unnumber'd worlds, and ages without end ? In the window of Cou-leij's muther's apartment lay Spencer'* Fairy Queen, in which he very early took delight to...till, by feeling the charms of verse, he became, as it is said, irrecoverably a poet. Such are accidents which, sometimes remembered, and, perhaps, sometimes... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1846 - 714 páginas
...apartment lay Spenser's Fairy duecn ; in which lie very early took delight to read, till, by fueling the charms of verse, he became, as he relates, irrecoverably a poet. Such arc the accidents which, sometimes remembered, and perhaps sometimes forgotten, podnce that particular... | |
| James Montgomery - 1854 - 366 páginas
...of verse, he became, to use his own phrase, irrecoverably a poet. " Such," observes Dr. Johnson, " are the accidents which, sometimes remembered, and...propensity for some certain science or employment, which is called genius. The true genius is a mind of large general powers, accidentally determined to some particular... | |
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