 Works of imagination excel by their allurement and delight ; by their power of attracting and detaining the attention. That book is good in vain which the reader throws away. He only is the master who keeps the mind in pleasing captivity ; whose pages...  The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page 432by Samuel Johnson - 1801Full view - About this book
 | 1735 - 682 pages
...fcrtimated, ' Works of imagination excel by their allurement and delight; by their power of attrafting and detaining the attention. That book is good in...away. He only is the mafter who keeps the mind in pleafmg captivity; whofe pages are perufed with eagernefs, and in hope of new pleafure are perufed... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 376 pages
...original, and tranfplant it by force into, the verfion ; but what is given to the parts, may be fubdudted from the whole, and the reader may be weary, though...vain, which the reader throws away. He only is the maftcr, who keeps the mind in pleafing captivity ; whofe pages are perufed with eagernefs, and in hope... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 364 pages
...parts;. may be fubducted from the whole, and the reader may be wearyj though the crifick maycommend. Works of imagination. excel by their allurement and...vain, which the reader throws away. He only is the maftor, who keeps the mind in pleafing -captivity ; whofe pages are perufed with eagcrnefs, and in... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1772 - 388 pages
...; to find a happinefs of expreffion in the original, and tranfplant it by foree into the verfion : but what is given to the parts, may be fubducted from...vain, which the reader throws away. He only is the matter, who keeps the mind in pleafing captivity ', whofe pages are perufed with eagernefs, and in... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 476 pages
...original, and tranfplant it by force into the verfion : but what is given to the parts, may be fubdu&ed from the whole, and the reader may be weary, though...away. He only is the mafter, who keeps the mind in pleating captivity ; whofe pages are perufed with eagernefs, and in hope of new pleafure are perufed... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 484 pages
...; to find a happinefs of expreffion in the original, and tranfplant it by force into the verfion : but what is given to the parts, may be fubducted from...by their allurement and delight ; by their power of attrading and detaining the attention. That book is good in vain, which the reader throws away. He... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1783 - 456 pages
...; to find a happinefs of exprellion in the original, and tranfplant it by force into the verfion : but what is given to the parts, may be fubducted from...allurement and delight ; by their power of attracting ing and detaining the attention. That book is good in vain, which the: reader throws away. He only... | |
 | Lodovico Ariosto - 1785 - 454 pages
...who thus defcribes that general effect from which the power of every poet ought to be eftimated. '* Works of imagination excel by their allurement and...vain which the reader throws away. He only is- the matter who keeps the mind in pleating captivity; whofe pages are perufed with eagernefs, and in hope... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 494 pages
...; to find a happihefs of expreffion in the original, and tranfplant it by force into the verfion : but what is given to the parts, may be fubducted from...and the reader may be weary, though the critick may coni mend. Works of imagination excel by their allurement and delight ; by their power of attracting... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 498 pages
...parts, may be fubdu&ed from the whole, and the reader may be weary, though the critick may com fnend. Works of imagination excel by their allurement and...attracting and detaining the attention. That book is good hi vairf, which the reader thf ows away. He only is the mafter, who keeps the mind in pleating captivity... | |
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