I am now to examine Paradise Lost, a poem which, considered with respect to design, may claim the first place, and with respect to performance, the second, among the productions of the human mind. The Pamphleteer - Page 19edited by - 1822Full view - About this book
| John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...a greater work calls for greater care. I am now to examine Paradise Lost : a Poem which, considered with respect to design, may claim the first place,...the second, among the productions of the human mind. By the general consent of critics, the first praise of genius is due to the writer of an epic poem,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 714 pages
...a greater work calls for greater cars. I am now to examine Paradise Lost; a poem, which, considered with respect to design, may claim the first place,...the second, among the productions of the human mind. By the general consent of criticks, the first praise of genius is due to the writer of an epick poem,... | |
| Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...a greater work calls for greater care. I am now to examine Paradise Lost; a poem, which, considered with respect to design, may claim the first place,...the second, among the productions of the human mind. By the general consent of criticks, the first praise of genius is due to th$ writer of an epick poem,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 322 pages
...the critic entertains of the production in the aggregate. " With respect to design ( says he ), it may claim the first place, and with respect to performance,...the second among the productions of the human mind. " The characteristic quality of his poem is sublimity. He sometimes descends to the elegant, but his... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 336 pages
...a greater work calls for greater care. I am now to examine Paradise Lost; a poem, which, considered with respect to design, may claim the first place,...the second, among the productions of the human mind. By the general consent of critieks, the first praise of genius is due to the writer of an epick poem,... | |
| John Milton - 1807 - 514 pages
...greater work calls for greater care. I am now to examine Paradise Lost ; a poem, which, considered with respect to design, may claim the first place,...the second, among the productions of the human mind. By the general consent of crities, the first praise of genius is due to the writer of an epic poem,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 476 pages
...a greater work calls for greater care. I am now to examine Paradise Lost; a poem, which, considered with respect to design, may claim the first place, and with respect to performance the second, «mong the productions of the human mind. By the general consent of eriticks the first praise . of... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 420 pages
...greater work calls for greater care. .I am now to examine Paradise Lost ; a poem, which, considered with respect to design, may claim the first place,...the second, among the productions of the human mind. By the general consent of criticks, the first praise of genius is due to the writer of an epick poem,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1811 - 420 pages
...a greater work calls for greater care. I am now to examine Paradise Lost; a poem, which, considered with respect to design, may claim the first place, and with respect to performanc, the second, among the productions of th e human mind. By the general consent of criticks,... | |
| Charles Caleb Colton - 1812 - 294 pages
...was supplied by zeal." Nor is Johnson more consistent in his account of Milton's works. He terms the Paradise Lost a Poem which with respect to design...the second, among the productions of the human mind. Before the greatness displayed iu Milton's poem, all other greatness shrinks away ; when he canuot... | |
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