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" The accidental compositions of heterogeneous modes are dissolved by the chance which combined them; but the uniform simplicity of primitive qualities neither admits increase, nor suffers decay. The sand heaped by one flood is scattered by another, but... "
Wisdom and Genius of Dr. Samuel Johnson: Selected from His Prose Writings - Page 228
by Samuel Johnson, William Alexander Clouston - 1875 - 298 pages
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The Dramatick Writings of Will. Shakspere: With the Notes of All ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1788 - 346 pages
...accidental compositions of heterogeneous modes are dissolved by the chance which combined them ; but Hie uniform simplicity of primitive qualities neither...time, which is continually washing the dissoluble fabricks of other poets, passes without injury by the adamant of Shakspere. If there be, what I believe...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1803 - 494 pages
...them. The accidental compositions of heterogeneous modes are dissolved by the chance that combined them ; but the uniform simplicity of primitive qualities...time, which is continually washing the dissoluble fabricks of other poets, passes without injury by the adamant of Shakspeare. 7 If there be, what I...
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Poems, with illustrative remarks [ed. by W.C. Oulton]. To which is ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1804 - 256 pages
...by the chance which combined them; but the uniform simplicity of primitive qualities neither admits nor suffers decay. The sand heaped by one flood is scattered by another, but the cock always continues in its place. The stream of time, which is continually washing the dissoluble...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 376 pages
...them. The accidental compositions of heterogeneous modes are dissolved by the chance which combined them ; but the uniform simplicity of primitive qualities...time, which is continually washing the dissoluble fabricks of other poets, passes without injury by the adamant of Shakespeare. If there be, what I believe...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: With Notes of Various Commentators, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1806 - 394 pages
...them. The accidental compositions of heterogeneous modes are dissolved by the chance that combined them ; but the uniform simplicity of primitive qualities neither admits increase, nor suffers decay. The land heaped by one flood is scattered by another, but the rock always continues in its place. The stream...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 488 pages
...them. The accidental compositions of heterogeneous modes are dissolved by the chance which combined them ; but the uniform simplicity of primitive qualities...other poets, passes without injury by the adamant of Shakspeare. If there be, what I believe there is, in every nation, a .style which never becomes obsolete,...
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Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical Illustrative of the ..., Volume 1

Nathan Drake - Adventurer - 1809 - 520 pages
...them. The accidental compositions of heterogeneous modes are dissolved by the chance that combined them; but the uniform simplicity of primitive qualities...time, which is continually •washing the dissoluble fabricks of other poe/s, passes without injury by the adamant of Shakspeare." * To the noble passage...
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Essays: Biographical, Critical, and Historical; Illustrative of ..., Volume 1

Nathan Drake - English essays - 1809 - 530 pages
...them. The accidental compositions of heterogeneous modes are dissolved by the chance that combined them; but the uniform simplicity of primitive qualities...time, which is continually washing the dissoluble fabricks of other poets, passes without injury by the adamant of Shakspeare'.'* To the noble passage...
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Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical: Illustrative of ..., Volume 1

Nathan Drake - Adventurer - 1809 - 524 pages
...them. The accidental compositions of heterogeneous modes are dissolved by the chance that combined them; but the uniform simplicity of primitive qualities...its place. The stream of time, which is continually was/ling the dissoluble fabricks of other poets, passes without injury by the adamant of Shakspeare"...
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The plays of William Shakspeare, with the corrections and illustr ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1809 - 390 pages
...them. The accidental compositions of heterogeneous modes are dissolved by the chance that combined them; but the uniform simplicity of primitive qualities...sand heaped by one flood is scattered by another, but tht: rock always continues in its place. The stream of time, which is continually washing; the dissoluble...
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