 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 страници
...his flocks alone, without any judge of his skill in piping ; and how one god asks another god what is become of Lycidas, and how neither god can tell; He...yet a grosser fault. With these trifling fictions are mingled the most aweful and sacred truths, such as ought never to be polluted with such irreverent... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 страници
...without any judge of his skijl in piping.; and how one god asks another god what is become of Lyxrid-is, and how neither god can tell. He who thus grieves...yet a grosser fault. With these trifling fictions are mingled the most awful and sacred truths, such as ought ncrer >o be polluted with such irreverend... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 страници
...such as a College easily supplies. Nothing can less display kndwledge, or less exercise inventions, than to tell how a shepherd has lost his companion,...in piping ; and how one god asks another god what is become of Lycidas, and how neither god can tefl. He who thus grieves will excite no sympathy ; he... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 336 страници
...mythological imagery, such as a college easily supplies. Nothing can less display knowledge, or less exercise invention, than to tell how a shepherd has...in piping ; and how one god asks another god what is become of Lycidas, and how neither god can tell. He who thus grieves will excite no sympathy ; he... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 560 страници
...less exercise invention, than to tell how a shepherd has lost his companion, and must now feed hig flocks alone, without any judge of his skill in piping...yet a grosser fault. With these trifling fictions are mingled the most awful and sacred truths, such as ought never to be polluted with such irreve.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 476 страници
...mythological imagery, such as a college easily supplies. Nothing can less display knowledge, or less exercise invention, than to tell how a shepherd has...skill in piping; and how one god asks another god what is become of Lycidas, and how neither god can tell. He who thus grieves will excite no sympathy ; he... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 420 страници
...mythological imagery, such as a college easily supplies. Nothing can less display knowledge, or less exercise invention, than to. tell how a shepherd has...in piping ; and how one god asks another god what is become of Lycidas, and how neither god can tell. He who thus grieves will excite no sympathy j he... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 486 страници
...mythological imagery, such as a college easily supplies. Nothing can less display knowledge, or less exercise invention, than to tell how a shepherd has...in piping ; and how one god asks another god what is become of Lycidas, and how neither god can tell. He who thus grieves will excite no sympathy ; he... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 410 страници
...meaning is so uncertain and remote, that it is never sought, because it cannot be known when it is found. a shepherd has lost his companion, and must now feed...yet a grosser fault. With these trifling fictions are mingled the most awful and sacred truths, such as ought never to be polluted with such irreverend... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 476 страници
...mythological imagery, such as a college easily supplies. Nothing can less display knowledge, or less exercise invention, than to tell how a shepherd has...skill in piping; and how one god asks another god what is become of Lycidas, and how neither god can tell. He who thus grieves will excite no sympathy ; he... | |
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Among the flocks, and copses and flowers, appear the heathen deities ; Jove and Phoebus, Neptune and jEolus, with a long train of mythological imagery, such as a college easily supplies. Nothing can less display knowledge or less exercise invention, than... 
