 | 1735 - 682 sider
...far-fetched expreffions." So, becaufe Dr. Johnfon fays, that " the profpeii of Eton College fuggefts nothing to Gray, which every beholder does not equally think and feel," Mr. Potter wilhes to teach us that novelty is neither requifite nor ornamental in poetry. The following... | |
 | SAMUEL johnson - 1781 - 292 sider
...the water; and, if fhe had, would not lefs have been drowned. The Profpett of Eaton College fuggefls nothing to Gray, which every beholder does not equally think and feel. His fupplication to father Thames, to tell him who drives the hoop or tofles the ball, is ufelefs and puerile.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 522 sider
...the water ; and, if me had, would not lefs have been drowned. The Profpett of Eaton College fuggefts nothing to Gray, which every beholder does not equally think and feel. His fupplication to father Thames, to tell him who drives the hoop or tofles the ball, is ufelefs and puerile.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 516 sider
...the water ; and, if fhe had, would not lefs have been drowned. The Profpett of Eaton College fuggefts nothing to Gray, which every beholder does not equally think and feel. His fupplication to father Thames, to tell him who drives the hoop or tofles the ball, is ufelefs and puerile.... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1781 - 506 sider
...water j and, if me had, \vould not lefs have been drowned, l. The Pmjpf £1 of Eaton College fuggetts nothing to Gray, which every beholder does not equally think and feel. His {application to father Thames, to tell him who drives the hoop or tofles the ball, is ufelefs and puerile,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 676 sider
...the water ; and, if Ihe had, would not lefs have been drowned. r The ProffeS of Eton College fuggefts nothing to Gray, which every beholder does not equally think and feel. His fupplication to father Thames, to tell him who drives the hoop or toffes the ball, is ufcleft and puerile.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 sider
...water ; and, if fhe had, would riot lefs have been drowned. • The Profpeft of Eton College fuggefts nothing to Gray, which every beholder does not equally think and feel. His fupplication to father Thames, to tell him who drives the hoop or tofles the ball, is ufelefs and puerile.... | |
 | 1787 - 672 sider
...cxprtflions) we hcauiiv agree with our Author : " The Profpefl of Eton Colitee," fays Dr. Join/on, " fuggefts nothing to Gray, which every Beholder does not equally think and feel" ' By this confeflion then the fentiments are natural, and confonant to the feelings of humanity : and... | |
 | 1787 - 668 sider
...expreffions) we heartily agree with our Author : " The ProfpeS of Eton College," fays Dr. Johnfan, " fuggefts nothing to Gray, which every beholder does not equally think and feel." ' By this confefTion then the ftntimenis are natural, and confonant to die feelings of humanity : and... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 312 sider
...water ; and, if fhe had, would not lefs have been drowned. The " Profpeft of Eton College" fuggefts nothing to Gray, which every beholder does not equally think and feel. His fupplication to father Thames, to tell him who drives the hoop or tones the ball, is ufelefs and puerile.... | |
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His supplication to father Thames, to tell him who drives the hoop or tosses the ball, is useless and puerile. Father Thames has no better means of knowing than himself. His epithet buxom health is not elegant; he seems not to understand the word. 
