 | Tobias Smollett - English literature - 1781 - 506 pages
...rhymes of Cowley. His numbers, his paufes, his diction, are of his own growth, ivithout tranfcrip. tion, without imitation. He thinks in a peculiar train,...on Nature, and on Life, with the eye which Nature beftows only on a poet ; . the eye that diftinguifhes, in every thing prefented to its view, whatever... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 516 pages
...rhymes of Cowley. His numbers, his paufes, his diction, are of his own growth, without tranfcription> without imitation. He thinks in a peculiar train,...round on Nature and on Life, with the eye which Nature beftows only on a poet ; the eye that diftinguifhes, in every thing prefented to its view, whatever... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 522 pages
...rhymes of Cowley. His numbers, his paufes, his di6tion, are of his own growth, without tranfcription, without imitation. He thinks in a peculiar train,...round on Nature and on Life, with the eye which Nature beftows only on a poet ; the eye that diftinguifhes, in every thing prefented to its view, whatever... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 516 pages
...Cowley. His numbers, numbers, his paufes, his diction, are of his own growth, without tranfcription, without imitation. He thinks in a peculiar train, and he thinks always as a man of genius j he looks round on Nature and on Life, with the eye which Nature beftows only on a poet ; the eye... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 244 pages
...'numbers, his paufcs, his diciion, are of his own growth, without tranfcription, withdurt-imitation. He thinks in a peculiar train, 'and he thinks always- as. a tnan'of genius^ :he looks round on Nature and C r 34 THOMSON, oh Lift,- with the eye which Nature beflows... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1783 - 504 pages
...rhymes of Cowley. His rrambers, his paufe, h« diction; ate of jhi§ own growth, without tranfcription, without imitation. He thinks in a peculiar train, and he thinks always asiariian of genius ; he looks round on Nature and on Life, with the eye which Nature beftows ohlyorfti... | |
 | Biography - 1784 - 778 pages
...rhymes of Cowjey. Hi$ numbers, his pavfes, bis didYion, are of his own growth, without tranfcription, without imitation. He thinks in a peculiar train,...thinks always as a man of genius ; he looks round ou Nature and on Life with, the eye ' which Nature beftows only on a poet; the eye tha.t d.iflinguilhes,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...rhymes of Cowley. Hia numbers, his paufes, his diction, are of his own growth, without tranfcription, without imitation* He thinks in a peculiar train,...round on Nature and on Life, with the eye which Nature beftows. only on a poet; the eye that diftinguifhes, in every thing prefented to its view, whatever... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...rhymes of Cowley. His numbers, his paufes, his diction, are of his own growth, without tranfcription, without imitation. He thinks in a peculiar train,...round on Nature and on Life, with the eye which Nature beftows only on a poet; the eye that diftinguifhes, in every thing prefented to its view, whatever... | |
 | English essays - 1787 - 342 pages
...to one praife of the higheft kind ; his mode of thinking and of exprefling his thoughts is original. He thinks in a peculiar train, and he thinks always...round on nature and on life with the eye which nature beftows only on a poet ; the eye that diftinguifhes, in every thing prefcnted to its view, whatever... | |
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As a writer, he is entitled to one praise of the highest kind: his mode of thinking, and of expressing his thoughts, is original. His blank verse is no more the blank verse of Milton, or of any other poet, than the rhymes of Prior are the rhymes of Cowley.... 
