 But how little can we venture to exult in any intellectual powers or literary attainments, when we consider the condition of poor Collins. I knew him a few years ago full of hopes and full of projects, versed in many languages, high in fancy, and strong...  The Monthly Anthology, and Boston Review - Page 9edited by - 1807Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1854 - 512 pages
...is a mural monument to his memory in Chichester Cathedral, with a fine bas-relief by Flaxman.i0 But how little can we venture to exult in any intellectual...fancy and strong in retention. This busy and forcible mind is now under the government of those who lately would not havo been able to comfriends Dr. Warton... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1854 - 604 pages
...compilations and periodical magazines are the result of their joint endeavors. * [" How little cnn we venture to exult in any intellectual powers or...few years ago full of hopes and full of projects, verged in many languages, high in fancy, and strong in retention. This busy and forcible mind is now... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith, William Collins, George Gilfillan, Thomas Warton - English literature - 1854 - 354 pages
...with him. To Joseph Warton he wrote letter after letter regarding him. In one of them he says : " But how little can we venture to exult in any intellectual...powers or literary attainments, when we consider the case of poor Collins ! I knew him a few years ago, full of hopes and full of projects — versed in... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1856 - 604 pages
...Accordingly, tedious compilations and periodical magazines are the result of their joint endeavors. • [" How little can we venture to exult in any intellectual...fancy, and strong in retention. This busy and forcible mind is now under the government of those who lately would not have been able to comprehend the least... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1857 - 610 pages
...Accordingly, tedious compilations and periodical magazines are the result of their joint endeavors. * [" How little can we venture to exult in any intellectual...fancy, and strong in retention. This busy and forcible mind is now under the government of those who lately would not have been able to comprehend the least... | |
 | William Collins - 1859 - 236 pages
...calamity. The following extracts are from letters addressed to Joseph Warton : " March 8, 1754. " But how little can we venture to exult in any intellectual...fancy, and strong in retention. This busy and forcible mind is now under the government of those who lately would not have been able to comprehend the least... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - Authors - 1859 - 570 pages
...acquainted not only with the learned tongues, but with the Italian, French, and Spanish languages ; full of hopes and full of projects, versed in many...languages, high in fancy, and strong in retention." Such was the language of Johnson, when, warmed by his own imagination, he could write like Longinus... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - Authors - 1859 - 572 pages
...acquainted not only with the learned tongues, but with the Italian, French, and Spanish languages ; full of hopes and full of projects, versed in many...languages, high in fancy, and strong in retention." Such was the language of Johnson, when, warmed by his own imagination, he could write like Longinus... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1860 - 496 pages
...your papers of criticism with great commendation, though not with greater than they deserve. " But how little can we venture to exult in any intellectual...fancy, and strong in retention. This busy and forcible mind is now under the government of those who lately would not have been able to comprehend the least... | |
 | William Collins, Thomas Gray, Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1860 - 422 pages
...several allusions to his friend, which are preserved in the following extracts : " March 8, 1754. " But how little can we venture to exult in any intellectual...fancy, and strong in retention. This busy and forcible mind is now under the government of those who lately would not have been able to comprehend the least... | |
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