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" Latin proverb, were not always the least happy; and as his fancy was quick, so likewise were the products of it remote and new. He borrowed not of any other, and his imaginations were such as could not easily enter into any other man. "
The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The lives of the most eminent English poets - Page 314
by Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 466 pages
...mote and new. He borrowed not of any other ; '• and his imaginations were such as could not easi" ly enter into any other man." The effect produced by the conjunction of these two powerful minds was, that to Shakspeare's monster, Caliban, is added a sister monster, Sycorax...
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The works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 6

Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 484 pages
...contrary to the Latin proverb, were not always the least happy ; and as his fancy was quick, so likewise were the products of it remote and new. He borrowed not of any other ; and his imaginations were such as could not easily enter into any other man." The effect produced by the conjunction...
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The lives of the English poets

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1823 - 652 pages
...contrary to the Latin proverb, were not always the least happy ; and as his fancy was quick, so likewise were the products of it remote and new. He borrowed not of any other ; and his imaginations were such as could not easily enter into any other man." The effect produced by the conjunction...
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Saturday Night: Comprising a Review of New Publications, Biography ..., Volume 1

1824 - 486 pages
...to the Latin proverb, were not always the least happy ; and, as his fancy was quick, so, likewise, were the products of it remote and new. He borrowed not of any other, and his imaginations were such, as could not easily enter into any other man." The effect produced by two snch...
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Saturday night

Saturday night - 1824 - 968 pages
...contrary to the Latin proverb, were not always the least happy; and, as his fancy was quick, so, likewise, were the products of it remote and new. He borrowed not of any other, and his imaginations were such, as could not easily enter into any oilier man." The effect produced by two...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson: Lives of the poets

Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 504 pages
...contrary to the Latin proverb, were not always the least happy ; and as his fancy was quick, so, likewise, were the products of it- remote and new. He borrowed not of any other ; and his imaginations were such as could not easily enter into any other man." The effect produced by the conjunction...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay, Volume 3

Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 674 pages
...contrary to the Latin proverb, were not always the least happy ; and as his fancy was quick, so likewise were the products of it remote and new. He borrowed not of any other ; and his imaginations were such as could not easily enter into any other man." The effect produced by the conjunction...
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The English portion of the library of ... Francis Wrangham [a catalogue ...

Francis Wrangham - 1826 - 906 pages
...suddenly produce a thought extremely pleasant and surprising. And, as his fancy «as quick, so likewise were the products of it remote and new : he borrowed not of any other, and his imaginations were such as could not enter into any other man." Davies' Discoverie of the State of Ireland...
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The English Portion of the Library of the Ven. Francis Wrangham

Francis Wrangham - 1826 - 672 pages
...suddenly produce a thought extremely pleasant and surprising. And, as his fancy was quick, so likewise were the products of it remote and new : he borrowed not of any other, and his imaginations were such as could not enter into any other man." Davit-1 Discoverie of the State of Ireland...
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The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 1

Walter Scott - 1834 - 486 pages
...to the old Latin proverb, were not always the least happy. And as his fancy was quick, so likewise were the products of it remote and new. He borrowed not of any other; and his imaginations were such as could not easily enter into any other man. His corrections were sober and...
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