 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1846 - 714 страници
...ashamed. This is an elevation of literary character, " above all Grank, above all Komin fam?." No greater felicity can genius attain than that of having purified...of having taught a succession of writers to bring clearance an j gavety to t'.ie aid of goodness ; and, if I may me expressions yet more awful, of having... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 344 страници
...ashamed. This is an elevation of literary character, " above all Greek, above all Roman fame." No greater felicity can genius attain, than that of having purified...and for some time afterwards, was considered by a greater part of readers as supremely excelling both in poetry and criticism. Part of his reputation... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 484 страници
...ashamed. This is an elevation of literary character, " above all Greek, above all Roman fame." No greater felicity can genius attain than that of having purified...life, and for some time afterwards, was considered by the greater part of readers as supremely excelling both in poetry and criticism. Part of his reputation... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 450 страници
...ashamed. This is an elevation of literary character, " above all Greek, above all Roman fame." No greater felicity can genius attain than that of having purified...life, and for some time afterwards, was considered by the greater part of readers as supremely excelling both in poetry and criticism. Part of his reputation... | |
 | George Smith - 1855 - 604 страници
...regarded as moral enjoyments, abstracted from every thing which can serve as an alloy : ' No greater felicity can genius attain than that of having purified...mirth from indecency, and wit from licentiousness.'* Bliss is that which is purely spiritual; it has its source in the imagination, and rises above the... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1855 - 416 страници
...ashamed. This is an elevation of literary character above all Greek, above all Roman fame. No greater felicity can genius attain, than that of having purified...taught a succession of writers to bring elegance and gayety to the aid of goodness ; and, if I may use expressions yet more awful, of having turned many... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1858 - 418 страници
...ashamed. This is an elevation of literary character, "above all Greek, above all Roman fame." No greater felicity can genius attain than that of having purified...awful, of having " turned many to righteousness." his enemies: of those with whom interest or opinion united him he had not only the esteem, but the... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1858 - 1022 страници
...from licentiousness; >f having taught a succession of writers to bring oleganco and , gayety to tho aid of goodness; and, if I may use expressions yet more awful, of having 'turiu-d many to righteousness.' *"IIls sentences have neither studied amplitude, nor affected brevity;... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1859 - 1030 страници
...and from his timo It has been generally subservient to the cause of reason and of truth. No greater felicity can genius attain than that of having purified...taught a succession of writers to bring elegance and gayety to the aid of goodness; and, if I may use expression* yet more awful, of having ' turned many... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1864 - 442 страници
...writers to bring elegance and gaiety to the aid of goodness ; and, if I may use exADDISON. 137 pressions yet more awful, of having " turned many to righteousness."...life, and for some time afterwards, was considered by the greater part of readers as supremely excelling both in poetry and criticism. Part of his reputation... | |
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No greater felicity can genius attain, than that of having purified intellectual pleasure, separated mirth from indecency, and wit from licentiousness ; of having taught a succession of writers to bring elegance and gaiety to the aid of goodness ; and,... 
