 | Robert Aris Willmott - Poets, English - 1838 - 400 pages
...exercises, written while he resided in this academy, which, in the opinion of Dr. Johnson, manifest a degree of knowledge, both philosophical and theological,...very few attain by a much longer course of study. A few of his leisure hours were devoted to poetry, and his Latin verses seem to have been the result... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 742 pages
...i degree of knowledge both philosophical und theological, surh as very few attain by a much lunsrer course of study. He was, as he hints in his Miscellanies,...to Latin poetry. His verses to his brother, in the glyeonick measure, written when he was seventeen, are remarkably easy and elegant Some of his other... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1840 - 522 pages
...archbishop of Tiumi. Some Latin Essays, supposed to have been written as exercises at this academy, show a degree of knowledge, both philosophical and theological,...maker of verses from fifteen to fifty, and in his youlh he appears to have paid attention to Latin poetry. His versea to his brother, in the glyconick... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1843 - 718 pages
...archbishop of Tuam. Some Latin essays, supposed to have been written as exercises at this academy, show a degree of knowledge both philosophical and theological,...attain by a much longer course of study. He was, as he bints in his Miscellanies, a maker of verses from fifteen to fifty, and in his youth he appears to... | |
 | Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge - 1843 - 840 pages
...acquirements: — 'Some Latin essays, supposed tc have been written as exercises at his academy, show a degree of knowledge, both philosophical and theological,...as very few attain by a much longer course of study ;' and, ' In his youth he appears to have paid attention to Latin poetry : his verses to his brother,... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1843 - 856 pages
...acquirements: — 'Some Latin essays, supposed tc have been written as exercises at his academy, show a degree of knowledge, both philosophical and theological,...as very few attain by a much longer course of study ;' and, ' In his youth he appears to have paid attention to Latin poetry: his verses to his brother,... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1845 - 862 pages
...physical, metaphysical, ethical, and theological subjects. The theses, Dr. Johnson remarks, " show a degree of knowledge both philosophical and theological,...very few attain by a much longer course of study." A few specimens of his college compositions will evince the diligence and improvement of the student.... | |
 | Hugh James Rose - Biography - 1853 - 566 pages
...dissertations upon various VOL. xii. 433 subjects, written at this academy, "shew," says Dr. Johnson, " a degree of knowledge, both philosophical and theological,...very few attain by a much longer course of study." His leisure hours seem to have been very early occupied in poetical efforts. He was, as he hints in... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 344 pages
...Archbishop of Tuam. Some Latin essays, supposed to have been written as exercises at this academy, show a degree of knowledge, both philosophical and theological,...hints in his Miscellanies, a maker of verses from * " In his latter days he changed his sentiments concerning the Trinity. It is said of Johnson, I know... | |
 | Isaac Watts, David Addison Harsha - 1857 - 514 pages
...residing in the academy of Mr. Rowe. These academic efforts, in the opinion of Dr. Johnson, show a degree of knowledge, both philosophical and theological,...very few attain by a much longer course of study. As a specimen of his style of composition and of thought, at this early period of his literary career,... | |
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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... 
