 He is at least one of the few poets with whom youth and ignorance may be safely pleased; and happy will be that reader whose mind is disposed, by his verses or his prose, to imitate him in all but his non-conformity, to copy his benevolence to man, and...  The Literary panorama - Page 5251807Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 714 pages
...wish for a greater measure of sprightliness and vigour ? He is at least one of the few poets with whom youth and ignorance may be safely pleased ; and happy will be that reader whoke mind is disposed by his verses, or his prose, to imitate him in all but his, nonconformity, to... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...wish for a greater measure of sprightliness and vigour? He is at least one of the few poets with whom youth and ignorance may be safely pleased ; and happy...whose mind is disposed by his verses, or his prose, to imitate him in all but his nonconformity, to copy his benevolence to man, and his reverence to God.... | |
 | Erasmus Middleton - Christian biography - 1807 - 662 pages
...«rish for a greater measure of sprightliness and vigour ? He is at least one of the few poets with whom youth and ignorance may be safely pleased ; and happy...mind is disposed, by his verses, .or his Prose, to imitate him in all but his nonconformity, to copy ais benevolence to man, and his reverence to God."... | |
 | English literature - 1807 - 788 pages
...left behind them such purity of character, or such monuments of laborious piety." .... "He is at Jeast one of those few poets with whom (even) youth and...be safely pleased ; and happy will be that reader whoso. mind is disposed by bis verses, or hi* prose, to copy his benevolence to men, and his reverence... | |
 | Walter Wilson - Church history - 1808 - 584 pages
...different pursuits." The same author, after a critique upon his poetry, before noticed, conclude thus : " And happy will be that reader whose mind is disposed by his verses or his prose, to imitate him in all but his nonconformity, to copy his benevolence to man, and his reverence to God."*... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 404 pages
...for for a greater measure of sprightliness and vigour ? He is at least one of the few poets with whom youth and ignorance may be safely pleased ; and happy...whose mind is disposed, by his verses or his prose, to imitate him in all but his nonconformity, to copy his benevolence to man, and his re^ verence to God.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 408 pages
...wish for a greater measure of sprightliness and vigour? He is at least one of the few poets with whom youth and ignorance may be safely pleased ; and happy...whose mind is disposed, by his verses or his prose, to imitate him in all but his nonconformity, to copy his benevolence to inan, and his reverence to God.... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 554 pages
...wish for a greater measure of sprightliness and vigour ! He is at least one of the few poets with whom youth and ignorance may be safely pleased: and happy...whose mind is disposed, by his verses or his prose, to imitate him in all but his non-conformity, to copy his benevolence to man, and his reverence to God.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 494 pages
...wish for a greater measure of sprightliness and vigour ? He is at least one of the few poets with whom youth and ignorance may be safely pleased; and happy...whose mind is disposed, by his verses or his prose, to imitate him in all but his nonconformity, to copy his benevolence to man, and his reverence to God.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 366 pages
...wish for a greater measure of sprightliness and vigour ! He is at least one of the few poets with whom youth and ignorance may be safely pleased ; and happy...whose mind is disposed, by his verses or his prose, to imitate him in all but his non-conformity, to copy his benevolence to man, and his reverence to God.... | |
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