 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1820 - 466 pages
...not conscious : Then we upon our orb's last verge shall go, And see the ocean leaning on the sky ; From thence our rolling neighbours we shall know. And on the lunar world securely pry. These lines have no meaning ; but may we not say, in imitation of Cowley on another book, Tis so like... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 376 pages
...these lines : ' Then we upon our globe's last verge shall go, And see the ocean leaning on the sky; From thence our rolling neighbours we shall know,...species of wit, deigned to allow that there was one geod pun in " Menagiana," I think on the word corps.1 Much pleasant conversation passed, which Johnson... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 376 pages
...these lines : ' Then we upon our globe's last verge shall go, And see the ocean leaning on the sky; From thence our rolling neighbours we shall know, And on the lunar world securely pry.' " Talking of pwns, Johnson, who had a great contempt for that species of wit, deigned to allow that there was one... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 356 pages
...be supply'd. Then we upon our globe's last verge shall go, And view the ocean leaning on the sky : From thence our rolling neighbours we shall know, And on the lunar world securely pry. This I foretell from your auspicious care, Who great in search of God and Nature grow ; Who best your... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1822 - 472 pages
...lines : ' Then we upon our globe's last verge shall go, ' And see the ocean leaning on the sky ; ' From thence our rolling neighbours we shall know, ' And on the lunar world securely pry.'" 1 Dr. Johnson's memory here was not perfectly accurate : " Eugenio " does not conclude thus. There... | |
 | James Boswell - 1823 - 486 pages
...has these lines: 'Then we upon our globe's last verge shall go, And see the ocean leaning on the sky; From thence our rolling neighbours we shall know,...good pun in " Menagiana," I think on the word corps 2 . 1 Dr. Johnson's memory here was not perfectly accurate: " Eugenio" does not conclude thus. There... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - Authors, English - 1823 - 652 pages
...not conscious : Then we upon our orb's last verge shall go, And see the ocean leaning on the sky ; From thence our rolling neighbours we shall know, And on the lunar world securely pry. These lines have no meaning; but may we not say, in imitation of Cowley on another book, 'Tis so like... | |
 | James Boswell - 1824 - 474 pages
...these lines : • ' Then we upon our globe's last verge shall go, And see the ocean leaning on the sky; From thence our rolling neighbours we shall know,...contempt for that species of wit, deigned to allow that d Dr. Johnson's memory here was not perfectly accurate : ' ' Eugenio" does not conclude thus. There... | |
 | James Boswell - 1824 - 458 pages
...for we. see it mentioned in one of his letters to Mr. Cave, which has bce.i inserted in this work. there was one good pun in " Menagiana," I think on the word corps." Much pleasant conversation passed, which Johnson relished with great good humour. But his conversation... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1825 - 504 pages
...not conscious : Then we upon our orb's last verge shall go, And see the ocean leaning on the sky ; From thence our rolling neighbours we shall know, And on the lunar world securely pry. These lines have no meaning; but may we not say, in imitation of Cowley on another book, Tis so like... | |
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Then we upon our globe's last verge shall go, And see the ocean leaning on the sky ; From thence our rolling neighbours we shall know, And on the lunar world securely pry. 
