| Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 410 lehte
...Now private pity strove with public hate, " Reason with rage, and eloquence with fate." On Cowley. " To him no author was unknown, " Yet what he wrote...Horace's wit, and Virgil's state, " He did not steal, but emulate ! " And, when he would like them appear, ' " Their garb, but not their cloaths, did wear.**... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 466 lehte
...Now private pity strove with public hate, " Reason with rage, and eloquence with &te." On Cowley. " To him no author was unknown ; " Yet what he wrote...Horace's wit, and Virgil's state, " He did not steal, but emulate ! " And, when hi- would like them appear, " Their garb, but not their clothes, did wear."... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 476 lehte
...own. Now private pity strove with public hate, Reason with rage, and eloquence with fate. On Cowley. To him no author was unknown, Yet what he wrote was all his own ; Horace's wit, and Virgil's state, . . . j •. He did not steal, but emulate ! And, when he would like them appear, Their garb, but not... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 328 lehte
...own. Now private pity strove with public bate, Reason with rage, and eloquence with fate. ON COWLEY. To him no author was unknown, Yet what he wrote was...Horace's wit, and Virgil's state, He did not steal, but emulate ! And, when he would like them appear, Their garb, but not their clothes, did wear. As... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1824 - 450 lehte
...Now private pity strove with public hate, Reason with rage, and eloquence with fate." On Cowley. " To him no author was unknown. Yet what he wrote was all his own; Horace's wit, and.Virgil's itate, He did not steal, but emulate! And, when he would like them appear, Their garb,... | |
| Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1824 - 570 lehte
...peculiar excellence that he was justly commended by Denham in the beautiful lines on his death : " To him no author was unknown, Yet what he wrote was all his own. * # * * » He did not steal but emulate, And when like them he would appear, Their garb but not their... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 674 lehte
...strove with publick hate, Reason with rage, and eloquence with fate. On Cowley : To him no authour was unknown, Yet what he wrote was all his own ; Horace's wit, and Virgil's state, He did not steal, but emulate ! And, when he would like them appear, Their garb, but not their cloaths, did wear. As... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1826 - 430 lehte
...Reason with rage, and eloquence with fate. On Cowley. .1\r him no author waa unknown, . ™ Yet wbat he wrote was all his own ; Horace's wit, and Virgil's state, " He did not steal, but emulate ! And, when lte would like them appear, Their garb, but not their clothes, did wear. As... | |
| General reader - 1827 - 246 lehte
...succeeding poets to improve it. Johnson's Lives. ON COWLEY. To him no author was unknown, Yet \vhat he wrote was all his own: Horace's wit, and Virgil's state, He did not steal but emulate! And when he would like them appear, Their garh but not their clothes did wear. Denham.... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1834 - 722 lehte
...crime their own. Now private pity strove with public hate, Reason with rage, and eloquence with fate. ON COWLET. To him no author was unknown, Yet what...Horace's wit, and Virgil's state, He did not steal, but emulate ! And when he would like them appear, Their garb, but not their clothes, did wear. As one... | |
| |