 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1843 - 718 pages
...whole, and the reader may be weary, though the critic may commend. Works of imagination excel by thcii r, yet matter being extended could not be without space. Few books have been perused by me 4ith master who keeps the mind in pleasing captivity ; whose pages are perused with eagerness, and in hope... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1846 - 714 pages
...whole, and the reader may be weary, though the critic may commend. Works of imagination excel by then allurement and delight ; by their power of attracting...That book is good in vain which the reader throws awav. He only is the master who keeps the mini! in pleasing captivity ; whose paffes are perused with... | |
 | C. Gough - 1853 - 414 pages
...parts may be subducted from the whole, and the reader may be weary, though the critic may commend. Works of imagination excel by their allurement and...vain, which the reader throws away. He only is the master, who keeps the mind in pleasing activity, whose pages are perused with eagerness, and in hope... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 346 pages
...parts may be subducted from the whole ; and the reader may be weary, though the critic may commend. Works of imagination excel by their allurement and...vain which the reader throws away. He only is the master who keeps the mind in pleasing captivity ; whose pages are perused with eagerness, and in hope... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 468 pages
...parts may be subducted from the whole, and the reader may be weary, though the critic may commend. Works of imagination excel by their allurement and...vain which the reader throws away. He only is the master who keeps the mind in pleasing captivity ; whose pages ( are perused with eagerness, and in... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1858 - 418 pages
...parts may be subducted from the whole, and the reader may be weary,|though the critic may commend. Works of imagination excel by their allurement and...vain which the reader throws away. He only is the master who keeps the mind in pleasing captivity; whose pages are perused with eagerness, and in hope... | |
 | James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - Authors - 1871 - 866 pages
...that the merit of great works is to be estimated, but by their general effects and ultimate result. Works of imagination excel by their allurement and...vain which the reader throws away. He only is the master who keeps the mind in pleasing captivity, •whose pages are perused with eagerness, and in... | |
 | 1871 - 848 pages
...that the merit of great works is to be estimated, but by their general effects and ultimate result. Works of imagination excel by their allurement and...vain which the reader throws away. He only is the master who keeps the mind in pleasing captivity, whose pages are perused with eagerness, and in hope... | |
 | 1871 - 832 pages
...estimated, but by their general effects and ultimate result. Works of imagination excel by their alluremont and delight — by their power of attracting and detaining...vain which the reader throws away. He only is the master who keeps the mind in pleasing captivity, whose pages are perused with eagerness, and in hope... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1879 - 510 pages
...but unlike the two preceding rules, it cannot always be applied to literature of every other kind. ' Works of imagination excel by their allurement and...vain which the reader throws away. He only is the master who keeps the mind in pleasing captivity ; whose pages are perused with eagerness, and in hope... | |
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Works of imagination excel by their allurement and delight ; by their power of attracting and detaining the attention. That book is good in vain, which the reader throws away. He only is the master, who keeps the mind in pleasing captivity... 
