 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1834 - 722 pages
...In the poetical works of Dr. Swift there is not much upon which the critic can exercise his powers. They are often humorous, almost always light, and...qualities which recommend such compositions, easiness and gayety. They are, for the most part, what their author intended. The diction is correct, the numbers... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 752 pages
...In the poetic*! works of Dr. Swift there is not much upon which the critic can exercise his powers. n d gayety. They are, for the most part, what their author intended. The diction is correct, the numbers... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 742 pages
...almost always light, 'and have the qualities which recommend such 'compositions, easiness and gayety. panions,P H style; they consist of "proper words in proper places." To divide this collection into classes, and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1840 - 522 pages
...IN the poetical works of Dr. Swift there is not much upon which the critic can exercise his powers. They are often humorous, almost always light, and...gaiety. They are, for the most part, what their author iutended. The diction is correct, the numbers are smooth, and the rhymes exact. There seldom occurs... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1847 - 726 pages
...spirited translation which is found in his works. t Of the general style of Swift's poems, Dr. Johnr son has said, in language not to be amended — "They...recommend such compositions, easiness and gaiety. They arc, for the most part, what their author intended. The diction is correct, the numbers are smooth,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, John Mitford - 1853 - 388 pages
...translation which is found in his works. Of the general style of Swift's poems, Johnson has said, " They__are often humorous, almost always light, and have the...author" intended ; the diction is correct, the numbers smooth, and the rhymes exact. There seldom occurs a hard-laboured expression, or a redundant epithet;... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 344 pages
...In the poetical works of Dr. Swift there is not much upon which the critic can exercise his powers. They are often humorous, almost always light, and...his verses exemplify his own definition of a good style, they consist of " proper words in proper places." It was said, in a preface to one of the Irish... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1854 - 512 pages
...works of Dr. Swift there is not much upon which the critic can exercise his powers. They are ofien humorous, almost always light, and have the qualities...occurs a hard-laboured expression, or a redundant " Delany's 'Observations,' 8vo. 1754, p. 291. My breakfast ia that of a sickly man, rice-gruel; and... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, John Mitford - 1856 - 448 pages
...translation which is found in his works. Of the general style of Swift's poems, Johnson has said, " They are often humorous, almost always light, and...qualities which recommend such compositions, easiness and gayety. They are, for the most part, what their author intended ; the diction is correct, the numbers... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1861 - 660 pages
...In the poetical works of Dr. Swift there is not much upon which the critic can exercise his powers. They are often humorous, almost always light, and have the qualities which recommend such compo97 Delany's 'Observations,' 8vo. 1754, p. 201. My breakfast ia that of a sickly man, rice-gruel... | |
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In the poetical works of Dr. Swift there is not much upon which the critic can exercise his powers. They are often humorous, almost always light, and have the qualities which recommend such compositions, easiness and gaiety. They are, for the most part,... 
