 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 336 pages
...therefore disgusting; whatever images it can supply are long ago exhausted; and its inherent improWbilily always forces dissatisfaction on the mind. When Cowley...the partner of his discoveries; but what image of tendernes* can be excited by these lines^ We drove a field, and both together heard What time the grey... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 482 pages
...labours, and the partner of his difcoveries ; but what image of tendernefs can be excited by thefe lines ? " We drove a field, and both together heard What time the grey fly winds her fultry horn, Battening our flocks with the frefti dews of night. We know that they never drove a field,... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 514 pages
...disgusting ; whatever images it can supr.ly are long ago exhausted ; and its inherent improhability always forces dissatisfaction on the mind. When Cowley...Battening our flocks with the fresh dews of night. We kiiow that they never drove a field, and that they had no flocks to hatten; and though it be allowed... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 476 pages
...therefore disgusting ; whatever images it can supply are i iare long ago exhausted ; and its inherent improbability always forces dissatisfaction on the...miss the companion of his labours, and the partner bf his discoveries ; but what image of tenderness can be excited by these lines ? We drove a field,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 560 pages
...its inherent improbability always forces dissatisfaction on the mind. When Cowley tells of Ilervey, that they studied together, it is easy to suppose...his discoveries ; but what image of tenderness can b» excited by these lines ? We drove a field, and both together heard What time the grey fly winds... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1811 - 420 pages
...and therefore disgusting ; whatever images it can supply are long ago exhausted ; and its inherent improbability always forces dissatisfaction on the...drove a field, and both together heard What time the gray fly winds her sultry horn, Battening our flocks with the fresh dews of night." We know that they... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 420 pages
...vulgar, and therefore disgusting; whatever images it can supply are long ago exhausted ; and its inherent improbability always forces dissatisfaction on the...excited by these lines ! " We drove a field, and both togelher heard What time thr gray fly winds her sultry horn, Battening our flocks with the fresh dews... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1816 - 486 pages
...and therefore disgusting ; whatever images it can supply are long ago exhausted ; and its inherent improbability always forces dissatisfaction on the...of his labours, and the partner of his discoveries j but what image of tenderness can be excited by these lines ? We drove a field, and both together... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 410 pages
...vulgar, and therefore disgusting ; whatever images it can supply are long ago exhausted; and its inherent improbability always forces dissatisfaction on the...of his labours, and the partner of his discoveries ; bat what image of tenderness can be excited by these lines ? ** We drove a field, and both together... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1820 - 466 pages
...and therefore disgusting ; whatever images it can supply are long ago exhausted ; and its inherent improbability always forces dissatisfaction on the...Battening our flocks with the fresh dews of night. We know that they never drove a field, and that they had no flocks to batten ; and though it be allowed... | |
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In this poem there is no nature, for there is no truth ; there is no art, for there is nothing new. Its form is that of a pastoral ; easy, vulgar, and therefore disgusting; whatever images it can supply are long ago exhausted ; and its inherent improbability... 
