Search Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »
Sign in
Books Books
" The excellence of this work is not exactness, but copiousness ; particular lines are not to be regarded ; the power is in the whole ; and in the whole there is a magnificence like that ascribed to Chinese plantation, the magnificence of vast extent and... "
A New History of Great Britain: From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the ... - Page 390
by John Adams - 1803 - 455 pages
Full view - About this book

Pope. Pitt. Thomson. Watts. A. Philips. West. Collins. Dyer. Shenstone ...

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 516 pages
...and reftrained by regard to rhyme. The excellence of this work is not exactnefs, but copioufnefs ; particular lines are not to be regarded ; the power...whole there is a magnificence like that afcribed to Chinefe Plantation, the magnificence of vaft extent and endlefs diverfity. His laft poem was the Refignaiion;...
Full view - About this book

The lives of the most eminent English poets; with critical ..., Volume 4

Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 516 pages
...and reftrained by regard to rhyme. The excellence of this work is not exactnefs, but copioufnefs ; particular lines are not to be regarded ; the power...whole there is a magnificence like that afcribed to Chinefe Plantation, the magnificence of vail extent and endlefs diverfity. His laft poem was the Refignation...
Full view - About this book

prefaces biographical and critical to the works of the english poets

SAMUEL johnson - 1781 - 292 pages
...•.and reftrained by regard to rhyme. The excellence of this work is not exactnefs, but copioufnefs; particular lines are not to be regarded.; the power...the whole there is a magnificence like that afcribed toChinefe Plantation, the magnificence -of vaft extent and endlefs diverfity. ' 4 His laft poem was...
Full view - About this book

Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets ...

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 294 pages
...comprefled' and reftrained by regard to rhyme. The excellence of this work is not exadtnefs, but copioufhefs; particular lines are not to be regarded; the power...the whole there is a magnificence like that afcribed toChinefe Plantation, the magnificence of vaft.extent and endlefs diverfity. His lafi poem was the...
Full view - About this book

The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal, Volume 66

Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - Books - 1782 - 588 pages
...reftrarned •by regard to rhyme. The excellence of this" work is not exaflnefs, but coptoufnefs ; particular lines are not to be regarded ; the power is in the whole, and in the whele there is a magnificence like that ascribed to Chinefe Plantation, the magnificence of vaft extent...
Full view - About this book

The Monthly Review; or, Litereary Journal: From January to June, inclusive.

Several Hands - 1782 - 586 pages
...and retrained by regard to rhyme. The excellence of this wock is not exailnefs, .but copioufnefs ; particular lines are not to be regarded ; the power is in the whole, and in. the whele there is a magnificence like that .afctibed te Chinefe Plantation, the magnificence of vail extent...
Full view - About this book

The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The lives of the most eminent English ...

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 676 pages
...reftrained by confinement to rhyme. The excellence of this work is not exaftnefs but copioufnefs ; particular lines are not to be regarded ; the power...whole there is a magnificence like that afcribed to Chinefe plantation, the magnificence of vaft extent and cndlefs diverlity. His Inll poem was the Refignation...
Full view - About this book

The lives of the most eminent English poets (concluded). Miscellaneous lives

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...and reftrained by confmement to rhyme. The excellence of this work is not exactnefs but copioufnefs ; particular lines are not to be regarded ; the power...whole there is a magnificence like that afcribed to Chinefc plantation, the magnificence of vait extent and endlefs diverfity. His laft poem was the Re/ignation;...
Full view - About this book

The lives of the most eminent English poets (concluded). Miscellaneous lives

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...and reftrained by confinement to rhyme. The excellence of this work is not exactnefs but copioufnefs; particular lines are not to be regarded ; the power...whole there is a magnificence like that afcribed to Chinefe plantation, the magnificence of vaft extent and endlefs diverfity. His laft poem was the Refignation;...
Full view - About this book

The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and ..., Volume 6

English poets - 1790 - 312 pages
...rhyme. The excellence of this work is not exa&nefs but copioufnefs ; particular lirus are VOL. VI. G not not to be regarded ; the power is in the whole, and...whole there is a magnificence like that afcribed to Chinefe plantation, the magnificence of vaft extent and endlefs diverfity. His laft poem was the "...
Full view - About this book




  1. My library
  2. Help
  3. Advanced Book Search
  4. Download EPUB
  5. Download PDF