 It may indeed be observed, that in all the numerous writings of Johnson, whether in prose or verse, and even in his Tragedy, of which the subject is the distress of an unfortunate Princess, there is not a single passage that ever drew a tear.  The life of Samuel Johnson - Страница 738по James Boswell - 1820Пълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 546 страници
...acquainted. He is, therefore, with all his variety of excellence, not often pathetick ; and had so little sensibility of the power of effusions purely natural,...Life of DRYDEN. " The reason of this general perusal, Addison has attempted to [find in] derive from the delight which the mind feels in the investigation... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 928 страници
...often pathetic; and had so little sensibility of the power of effusions purely natural, that he did Addison has attempted to [find in] derive from the delight which the mind feels in the investigation... | |
 | James Boswell - 1901 - 372 страници
...acquainted. He is, therefore, with all his variety of excellence, not often pathetic ; and had so little sensibility of the power of effusions purely natural, that he did not esteem them in others.' even in his Tragedy, of which the subject is the distress of an unfortunate Princess, there is not... | |
 | James Boswell - 1852 - 344 страници
...acquainted. He is, therefore, with all his variety of excellence, not often pathetic ; and had so little sensibility of the power of effusions purely natural,...Life of DRYDEN. " The reason of this general perusal, Addison has attempted to [find in] derive from the delight which the mind feels in the investigation... | |
 | James Boswell - 1904 - 726 страници
...acquainted. He is, therefore, with all his variety of excellence, not often pathetick ; and had so little sensibility of the power of effusions purely natural,...ever drew a tear. Various Readings in the Life of DEYDEN. 'The reason of this general perusal, Addison has attempted to [find in] derive from the delight... | |
 | James Boswell - 1910 - 548 страници
...acquainted. He is, therefore, with all his variety of excellence, not often pathetick ; and had so little sensibility of the power of effusions purely natural,...Life of DRYDEN. " The reason of this general perusal, Addison has attempted to [find in] derive from the delight which the mind feels in the investigation... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 744 страници
...revenge. He is, therefore, with all his variety of excellence, not often pathetic, and had so little sensibility of the power of effusions purely natural, that he did not esteem them in others. Simplicity gave him no pleasure; and for the first part of his life he looked on Otway with contempt,... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 754 страници
...revenge. He is, therefore, with all his variety of excellence, not often pathetic, and had so little sensibility of the power of effusions purely natural, that he did not esteem them in others. Simplicity gave him no pleasure; and for the first part of his life he looked on Otway with contempt,... | |
 | Percy Fitzgerald - 1912 - 316 страници
...: " It may indeed be observed that in all the numerous writings of Johnson, even in his tragedy, in which the subject is the distress of an unfortunate...there is not a single passage that ever drew a tear /" It " gave him much pleasure to observe " that the Sage allowed merit to Young. " He was * It is... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1913 - 220 страници
...revenge. He is therefore, with all his variety of excellence, not often pathetic; and had so little sensibility of the power of effusions purely natural, that he did not esteem them in others. Simplicity gave him no pleasure ; and for the first part of his life he looked on Otway with contempt,... | |
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