 I am now to examine Paradise Lost ; a poem, which, considered with respect to design, may claim the first place, and with respect to performance the second, among the productions of the human mind.  Lives - Page 82edited by - 1800Full view - About this book
 | Abraham John Valpy - Great Britain - 1821 - 582 pages
..." By a fool-born jest." i There is another " invariable principle' of criticism, which ought which may claim the FIRST place, and with respect to performance,...the second, among the productions of the human mind. His ' subject' is the fate of worlds, and tti« revolutions of heaven and earth ! " The subject of... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 302 pages
...Those little pieces may be dispatched without much anxiety; a greater work calls for greater care. I am now to examine ' Paradise Lost ;' a poem, which,...productions of the human mind. By the general consent of critics the first praisa of genius is due to the writer of an epic poem, as it requires an assemblage... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - Great Britain - 1822 - 584 pages
...resolved by them. • Let us then hear Dr. JOHNSON : " I am now to examine PARADISE LOST ; a poem which, with respect to DESIGN, may CLAIM the FIRST PLACE,...SECOND, among the productions of the human mind." — Dr. Johnson. I will next beg Mr. CAMPBELL to answer, plainly, if this poem claim the FIRST PLACE,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 484 pages
...Those little pieces may be dispatched without much anxiety ; a greater work calls for greater care. I am now to examine Paradise Lost ; a poem, which,...which are singly sufficient for other compositions. Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth, by calling imagination to the help of reason. Epick... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - Authors, English - 1823 - 652 pages
...Those little pieces may be dispatched without much anxiety ; a greater work calls for greater care. I am now to examine Paradise Lost ; a poem, which,...which are singly sufficient for other compositions. Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth, by calling imagination to the help of reason. Epick... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1824 - 450 pages
...Those little pieces may be dispatched without much anxiety; a greater work' calls for greater care. I am now to~ examine Paradise Lost; a poem, which,...the productions of the human mind. By the general consentof criticks, the first praise of genius is due to the writer of an epick poem, as it requires... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 674 pages
...Those little pieces may be dispatched without much anxiety; a greater work calls for greater care. I am now to examine Paradise Lost; a poem, which, considered with respect to design, may claim. the first.place, and with ; respect to performance the second, among the productions • of the human mind.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1826 - 430 pages
...little pieces may be dispatched without much -anxiety; a greater work calls for greater c,are. I am DOW to examine ' Paradise Lost ;' a poem, which, considered...productions of the human mind. By the general consent of critics, the first praise of genius is due to the writer of an epic peeai, as it requires an assemblage... | |
 | John Milton - 1833 - 438 pages
...of poetry. Having dismissed his examination of the merits of the former works, he thus proceeds : « I am now to examine Paradise Lost, a poem which, considered...productions of the human mind. « By the general consent of critics, the first praise of genius is due to the writer of an Epic Poem, as it requires an assemblage... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1834 - 722 pages
...Those little pieces may be despatched without much anxiety ; a greater work calls for greater care. I am now to examine "Paradise Lost;" a poem, which,...productions of the human mind. By the general consent of critics, the first praise of genius is due to the writer of an epic poem, as it requires an assemblage... | |
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