 | Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1734 - 54 pages
...dissertations in Latin upon various and important subjects, which Dr. Johnson has described as showing " a degree of knowledge, both philosophical and theological, such as very few attain by a much larger course of study."* In estimating the value of Johnson's comments on the life of Watts, especially... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 248 pages
...attain by a much longer courfe of ftudy. . He was, as he hints in his Mifcellanies, a maker of verfes from fifteen to fifty; and in his youth he appears to have paid attention to Latin poetry. His verfes to his brother, in the glyconick A 2 meameafure, written when he was feventeen, are remarkably... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 516 pages
...attain by a much longer courfe of ftudy. He 'e was, as he hints in his Mifcellanies, a maker of verfes from fifteen to fifty, and in his youth he appears to have paid attention to Latin poetry. His verfes to his brother, in the glyconick meafure, written when he was feventeen, are remarkably eafy... | |
 | SAMUEL JOHNSON - 1781 - 254 pages
...attain by a much longer courfe pf ftudy. ; He was, as he hints in his Mifcellanies, a maker of verfes from fifteen to fifty; and in his youth he appears to have paid attention to Latin poetry. His verfes to his brother, in the glyconick A 2 meameafure, written when he was feventeen, are remarkably... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 516 pages
...attain by a much longer courfe of ftudy. He was, as he hints in his Mifcellanies, a maker of verfes from fifteen to fifty, and in his youth he appears to have paid attention to Latin poetry. His verfes to his brother, in the glyconick meafure, written when he was feventeen, are remarkably eafy... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...attain by a mucl| longer courfe of ftudy. He was, as he hints in his Mifcellanies, a maker of verfes from fifteen to fifty, and in his youth he appears to have paid attention to Latin poetry. His verfes to his brother, in the glyconick meafure, written when he was feventeen, are remarkably eafy... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...attain by a much longer courfe of ftudy. He was, as he hints in his Mifcellanies, a maker of verfes from fifteen to fifty, and in his youth he appears to have paid attention to Latin poetry. His verfes to his brother, in the glyconick meafure, written when he was feventeen, are remarkably eafy... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1797 - 278 pages
...attain by a much longer courie ot ftudy. He was, as he hints in his mifcellanies, a maker of verfes from fifteen to fifty ; and in his youth he appears to have paid attention to Latin poetry. His verfes to his brother, written when he was feventeen, are remarkably cafy and elegant. His method of... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...Archbishop of Tuam. Some Latin Essays, supposed to have been written as exercises at this academy, shew a degree of knowledge, both philosophical and theological,...to Latin poetry. His verses to his brother, in the glyconick measure, written when he was seventeen, are remarkably easy and elegant. Some of his other... | |
 | Erasmus Middleton - Christian biography - 1807 - 662 pages
...archbishop of Tuam. ' Some Latin Essays, supposed to have been written as exercises at this academy, sbew a degree of knowledge, both philosophical and theological,...glyconic measure, written when he was seventeen, are rcmarkab'y easy and elegant. Some of his other Odes are deformtd by the pindaric folly then prevailing,... | |
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He was, as he hints in his Miscellanies, a maker of verses from fifteen to fifty, and in his youth he appears to have paid attention to Latin poetry. His verses to his brother, in the glyconick measure, written when he was seventeen, are remarkably easy... 
