Abelard; while the facts and characters alluded to in his late writings will be forgotten and unknown, and their poignancy and propriety little relished ; for wit and satire are transitory and perishable, but nature and passion are eternal. The works of Samuel Johnson - Página 274por Samuel Johnson - 1823Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| Joseph Warton - 1756 - 348 páginas
...LOCK, .and his ELOISA TO ABELARD ; whilft the fadts and charadters alluded to and expofed, in his later writings, will be forgotten and unknown, and their poignancy and propriety little relifhed. For WIT and SATIRE are tranfitory and perifhable, but NATURE and PASSION are eternal. . END... | |
| Joseph Warton - 1762 - 362 páginas
...LOCK, and his ELOISA TO ABELARD ; whilft the fadts an4 (characters alluded to and expofed, in his later writings, will be forgotten and unknown, and their poignancy and propriety little relifhed, For WIT and SATIRE are tranfitory and primable, but NATURE and PASSION are (eternal. END... | |
| Jerónimo Lobo - 1789 - 544 páginas
...poet, among pofterity, will be principally founded on his Windibr-Foreft, Rape of the Lock, and Eloifa to Abelard ; while the facts and characters alluded...unknown, and their poignancy and propriety little relifhed ; for wit and fatire arc tranfitory and perifhable, but nature and paffion arc eternal. He... | |
| Jerónimo Lobo - 1789 - 520 páginas
...Windibr-Foreft, Rape of the Lock, and Eloiia fo Abelard ; while the facts and characters alluded to in his lute writings will be forgotten and unknown, and their poignancy and propriety little relifhed ; for wit and fatire are tranfitory and perifhable, but nature and pa£iion are eternal* He... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 454 páginas
...poet, among pofterity, will be principally founded on his Windfor-ForcJl, Rape of the Lock, and Eloifa to Abelard ; while the facts and characters alluded...unknown, and their poignancy and propriety little relifhed ; for wit and fatire are tranfitory and perifhable, but nature and paffion are eternal. He... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 376 páginas
...of Pope as a poet, among posterity, will be principally founded on his Windsor-Forest, Rape of the Lock, and Eloisa to Abelard ; while the facts and...transitory and perishable, but nature and passion are eten al. He has interspersed some passages of Pope's life, with which most readers will be pleased.... | |
| Joseph Warton - 1806 - 422 páginas
...LOCK, and his ELOISA TO ABELARD ; whilst the facts and characters alluded to and exposed in his later writings, will be forgotten and unknown, and their...and perishable, but NATURE and PASSION are eternal. SECTION SECTION VII. OF THE TEMPLE OF FAME, FROM CHAUCER. .T EW disquisitions are more amusing, or... | |
| Joseph Warton - 1806 - 416 páginas
...LOCK, and his ELOISA TO ABELARD ; whilst the facts and characters alluded to and exposed in his later writings, will be forgotten and unknown, and their poignancy and propriety little ./ relished. For WJT and SATIRE are transitory *Y and perishable, but NATURE and PASS i ox are eternal.. SECTION SECTION... | |
| 1806 - 312 páginas
...ESSAY ON THE MERITS OF CLIFTON, THE AMERICAN PoET. IT has been observed, b'y Mr. Joseph Warton, that Wit and Satire are transitory and perishable ; but Nature and Passion are eternal. If this position wanted confirmation, I know no stronger proof that could be adduced, than the fate... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 488 páginas
...posterity, will be principally founded on his Windsor Forest, Rafie of the Lock, and Eloisa to Abeiard ; while the facts and characters alluded to in his late...are eternal. He has interspersed some passages of Pofie's life, with which most readers will be pleased. When Pofie was yet a child, his father, who... | |
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