 | samuel johnson - 1781 - 396 pages
...animate his mafs of knowledge by a bright and active imagination ; a fcholar with great brilliancy of wit ; a wit, who, in the crowd of life, retained and difcovered a noble ardour of religious zeal. In this poem Pope feenas to reckon with the puWick. He... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 516 pages
...animate his mafs of knowledge by a bright and aftive imagination ; a fcholar with great brilliancy of wit ; a wit, who, in the crowd of life, retained and difcovered a noble ardour of religious zeal. In this poem Pope feems to reckon with the publick. He... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 522 pages
...animate his mafs of knowledge by a bright and active imagination ; a fcholar with great brilliancy of wit ; a wit, who, in the crowd of life, retained and difcovered a noble ardour of religious zeal. In this poem Pope feems to reckon with the publick. He... | |
 | 1782 - 402 pages
...to animate his mafs of knowl-dge by a bright and aftive imagination: a fcholar with great brilliancy of wit; a wit, who in the crowd of life, retained and difcovered a notlc ardour of religions zeal." This frame compared with tranfcendent flcill. Of moving... | |
 | 1794 - 918 pages
...Uterature, and able to animate his mafs of knowledge, by a bright and aflive imagination ; a fcholar, with great brilliance of wit ; a wit, who in the crowd of Ufe retained and difcovcred a noble ardour of religious zr-1. In this epiftle, Pope vindicates himfclf... | |
 | Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 906 pages
...literature, and aMe to animate his mafs of knowledge, by a bright and active imagination ; a fcholar, with great brilliance of wit ; a wit, who in the crowd of life retained and difcovered a noble ardour of religious zeal. In this epiltle, Pope vindicates himfelf from cenfures,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...animate his mass of knowledge by a bright and active imagination ; a scholar with great brilliancy of wit ; a wit, who in the crowd of life retained and discovered a noble ardour of religious zeal.' Johnson's Works, viii. 296. * Goldsmith wrote from Edinburgh in 1753 : — ' Shall I tire you with... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1799 - 640 pages
...animate his mass of knowledge by a bright and active imagination ; a scholar with great brilliancy of wit ; a wit, who in the crowd of life retained and discovered a noble ardour of religious zeal.' Johnson's Works, viii. 296. 4 Goldsmith wrote from Edinburgh in 1753 : — ' Shall I tire you with... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 340 pages
...literature, and able to animate his mafs of knowledge by a bright md E 3 1 a6live imagination ; a fcholar with great brilliance of wit ; a wit, who, in the...retained and discovered a noble ardour of religious zeal. In this poem Pope feems to reckon with the publick. He vindicates himfelf from cenfures ; and with... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 714 pages
...literature, and able to animate his mass of knowledge by a bright and active imagination ja scholar »itli great brilliance of wit ; a wit, who, in the crowd of life, retained and discovered a aoble ardour of religious zeal. In this poem Pope seems to reckon with the publick. He vindicates iimself... | |
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Arbuthnot was a man of great comprehension, skilful in his profession, versed in the sciences, acquainted with ancient literature, and able to animate his mass of knowledge by a bright and active imagination; a scholar with great brilliance of wit, a... 
