 | Robert Chambers - 1851 - 764 страници
...Where, then, shall hope and fear their object« find! Must dull suspense corrupt the stagnant mind I ain ! Whom in a trice he tried to stop, By catching at his t Must no dislike alarm, no wishes rise, No cries invoke the mercies of the skies ? Inquirer, cease... | |
 | 1851 - 626 страници
...What did a ' state' formerly signify ? In what words did Wolsey " reproach the faith of Kings?" 38. " Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate, Roll darkling down the torrent of his fate ?" The literal meaning of these verses What poet had the credit of coining " darkling?" and justly... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 страници
...Where, then, shall hope and fear their objects find 1 Must dull suspense corrupt the stagnant mind 1 Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate, Roll darkling down the torrent of his fate 7 Must no dislike alarm, no wishes rise, No cries invoke the mercies of the skies 1 Inquirer, cease;... | |
 | John Barton - 1984 - 276 страници
...him: Where then shall Hope and Fear their objects find? Must dull Suspence corrupt the stagnant mind? Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate, Roll darkling down the torrent of his fate? . . . Enquirer, cease, petitions yet remain, 71 Which heav'n may hear, nor deem religion vain. Still... | |
 | Margaret Anne Doody, Professor of English Margaret Anne Doody - 1985 - 314 страници
...away."20 The image or image-cluster contributes to the climax of Johnson's Vanity of Human Wishes (1749): "Must helpless Man, in Ignorance sedate, / Roll darkling down the Torrent of his Fate?" (lines 345-6) ." The idea can be found even in light touches, as in Burns's image in "Tarn O'Shanter":... | |
 | Leopold Damrosch - 1989 - 276 страници
...resist. Where then shall hope and fear their objects find? Must dull suspense corrupt the stagnant mind? Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate, Roll darkling down the torrent of his fate? (Vanity of Human Wishes, 11. 343-46) "Torrent" is a revision for "current," and Johnson often uses... | |
 | Catherine Neal Parke - 1991 - 212 страници
...question: Where then shall Hope and Fear their objects find? Must dull Suspence corrupt the stagnant mind? Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate, Roll darkling down the torrent of his fate? (YJ 6: 107-8) From the perspective not only of all the evidence but also of the poem's manner of proceeding... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 1995 - 936 страници
...rest. Where then shall Hope and Fear their objects find? Must dull Suspense corrupt the stagnant mind? Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate, Roll darkling...wishes rise, No cries invoke the mercies of the skies? Inquirer, cease; petitions yet remain. Which Heaven may hear, nor deem religion vain. 350 Still raise... | |
 | Greg Clingham - 1997 - 290 страници
...vision: Where then shall Hope and Fear their Objects find? Must dull Suspence corrupt the stagnant Mind? Must helpless Man, in Ignorance sedate, Roll darkling...Fate? Must no Dislike alarm, no Wishes rise, No Cries attempt the Mercies of the Skies? Enquirer, cease, Petitions yet remain, Which Heav'n may hear, nor... | |
 | Ronald Carter, John McRae - 1997 - 613 страници
...Language) Where then shall hope and fear their objects find? Must dull suspense corrupt the stagnant mind? Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate, Roll darkling down the torrent of his fate? Johnson had been working as a journalist, contributing to many of the magazines of the time, since... | |
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Where then shall Hope and Fear their objects find? Must dull suspense corrupt the stagnant mind? Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate, Roll darkling down the torrent of his fate? 
