...remarks Dr. Johnson, "is to place things in such views as they are not commonly seen in — a wilderness of thought in which the fertility of fancy scatters flowers of every hue and of every odor." Dr. Payson was conversable and sufficiently familiar on all suitable subjects and occasions...

...wide display of original poetry, variegated with deep reflections and striking allusions; a wilderness of thought, in which the fertility of fancy scatters flowers of every hue, and of every odor." In 1756 Dr. Joseph Warton paid a very just and elegant tribute to the poetical reputation of...

...display of original poetry, variegated with deep reflections and striking allnsions — a wilderness of thought, in which the fertility of fancy scatters flowers of every hue and of every odour. The excellence of this work is not exactness, but copiousness; particular lines are not to be regarded;...

...wide display of original poetry, variegated with deep reflections and striking allusions; a wilderness of thought, in which the fertility of fancy scatters flowers of every hue, and of every odor." In 175G Dr. Joseph Warton paid a very just and elegant tribute to the poetical reputation of...

...wide display of original poetry, variegated with deep reflection and striking allusions : a wilderness of thought, in which the fertility of fancy scatters flowers of every hne and of every odour. This is one of the few poems in which blank verse could not be changed for...

...Thoughts," he makes a similar concession. " This is on* * rfee pa«e 396. of the few poems in which bl:mk and constrained liy confinement to rhyme."* Cowper, it will be remembered, questions the correctness...

...poriry, variegated with deep reflections and striking aJlosions; a wilderness of thought, in which tbe fertility of fancy scatters flowers of every hue, and of every odour. This is one of the few poem* in which blank verse could not be changed for rhyme, but with disadvantage. The wild diffusion...

...display of original poetry, variegated with deep reflections and striking allusions— a wildness «f thought, in which the fertility of fancy scatters flowers of every hue and of every odor. He was too fond of antithesis, and often too turgid in his style ; yet he paints, with the most...

...display of original p< eirv, variegated with deep reflections and striking allusions; a wilderness of thought, in which the fertility of fancy scatters flowers of every hue, and of every odor." In 1750 Dr. Joseph Warton paid a very just and elegant tribute to the poetical reputation of...

...display of original pcelry. variegated with deep reflections and striking allusions; a wilderness o( thought, in which the fertility of fancy scatters flowers of every hue, and of every odor." In 1750 Dr. Joseph Warton paid a very just and elegant tribute to the poetical reputation of...