 It has been so long said as to be commonly believed, that the true characters of men may be found in their letters, and that he who writes to his friend lays his heart open before him. But the truth is, that such were the simple friendships of the " Golden...  The works of Samuel Johnson - Страница 148по Samuel Johnson - 1824Пълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | Alexander Pope - 1889 - 590 страници
...correspondence. " It has been so long said as to be commonly believed, that the true character* of men niiiy be found in their letters, and that he who writes...open before him. But the truth is that such were the friendships of the ' Golden Age,' and are now the friendships only of children. Very few can boast... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1889 - 574 страници
...as a whole, on the ground of his dealings in the matter of his correspondence. "It has been so long said as to be commonly believed, that the true characters...men may be found in their letters, and that he who 300 LIFE OF POPE. [CHAP. xin. writes to his friend lays his heart open before him. But the truth is... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1889 - 576 страници
...condemn Pope's character as a whole, on the ground of his dealings in the matter of his correspondence. writes to his friend lays his heart open before him. But the truth is that such \vi re the friendships of the ' Golden Age,' and are now the friendships only of children. Very few... | |
 | Eugen Kölbing, Johannes Hoops, Reinald Hoops - 1891 - 498 страници
...reihe von verben for ein , ' um den nutzen, den die betheiligte person hat, schärfer zu bezeichnen. He who writes to his friend , lays his heart open before him. Johns. Liv. II, 263. l He iorote to Surajah Dowlah etc. ohne weiteres object; Mac. Clive. He wrote... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hepburn Millar - 1896 - 316 страници
...fondness. There is nothing but | liberality, gratitude, constancy, and tenderness. It has so long I been said as to be commonly believed, that the true characters...open before him. But the truth is, that such were simple friendships of the Golden Age, and are now the friendships only of children. Very few can boast... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1905 - 582 страници
...fondness 5. There is nothing but liberality, gratitude, constancy, and tenderness. It has been so long said as to be commonly believed that the true characters...writes to his friend lays his heart open before him 6. But the truth is that such were value you for being a Lord " ; which was a sure proof that he did.'... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1914 - 626 страници
...view which he says ' has been so long advanced as to be commonly believed,' that ' the true character of men may be found in their letters, and that he...writes to his friend lays his heart open before him.' Which is the true or the truer statement? The Oxford prose-writers, whether saint or sage, disagree... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1914 - 634 страници
...view which he says ' has been so long advanced as to be commonly believed,' that ' the true character of men may be found in their letters, and that he...writes to his friend lays his heart open before him.' Which is the true or the truer statement? The Oxford prose-writers, whether saint or sage, disagree;... | |
 | Leslie Stephen - 1914 - 220 страници
...fondness. There is nothing but liberality, gratitude, constancy, and tenderness. It has been so long said as to be commonly believed, that the true characters of men may bo found in their letters, and that he who writes to his friend lays his heart open before him. "But... | |
 | John Calhoun Stephens - 840 страници
...private Letters, than any other way." Dr. Johnson remarks in his Life of Pope that, "It has been so long said as to be commonly believed that the true characters of men may be found in their letters." (Hill, Lives, 3: 206). 3. Not identified; see No. 81. 4. John, 1: 5. 5. Daniel, 7: 9, 22. 6. Hebrews,... | |
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