 | James Boswell - 1889 - 570 pągines
...seems not much acquainted. He is, therefore, with all his variety of excellence, not often pathetic, and had so little sensibility of the power of effusions...princess, there is not a single passage that ever drew a tear.1 Various Readings in the Life of DRYDEN. " The reason of this general perusal, Addison has attempted... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 460 pągines
...seems not much acquainted. He is, therefore, with all his variety of excellence, not often pathetic, and had so little sensibility of the power of effusions...the distress of an unfortunate princess, there is act a single passage that ever drew a tear.1 Various Readings in the Life o/DRYDEH. " The reason of... | |
 | James Boswell - 1890 - 568 pągines
...with all his variety of excellence, not often pathetic ; and had so little sensibility of the powerof effusions purely natural, that he did not esteem them...is the distress of an unfortunate princess, there f% not a single passage that ever drew a tear. Various leadings in the Life ^/"URYDEN. "The reason... | |
 | James Boswell - 1891 - 548 pągines
...seems not much acquainted. He is, therefore, with all his variety of excellence, not often pathetick; and had so little sensibility of the power of effusions...ever drew a tear'. Various Readings in the Life of DRYDEN. 'The reason of this general perusal, Addison has attempted to ' In the original fright. The... | |
 | Jeremiah Wesley Bray - 1898 - 360 pągines
...that sort of unity and simplicity which results from its nature. 1762. HUED, IV., p. 279. Dryden . . . had so little sensibility of the power of effusions purely natural that lie did not esteem them in others. Simplicity gave him no pleasure. 1781. S. JOHNSON, VII., p. 340.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 546 pągines
...seems not much acquainted. He is, therefore, with all his variety of excellence, not often pathetick ; and had so little sensibility of the power of effusions...ever drew a tear. Various readings in the Life of DRYDEN. " The reason of this general perusal, Addison has attempted to [find in] derive from the delight... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 928 pągines
...seems not much acquainted. He is, therefore, with all his variety of excellence, not often pathetic; to hߒ" esteem them in others." It may, indeed, be observed, that in all the numerous writings of Johnson,... | |
 | John Scott Clark - 1900 - 886 pągines
...Browning. " He is, with all his variety of excellence, not often pathetic; and had so little sensibility of effusions purely natural that he did not esteem them in others ; simplicity gave him no pleasure." — Samuel Johnson. " Almost the only feature of the future Dryden... | |
 | James Boswell - 1901 - 372 pągines
...seems not much acquainted. He is, therefore, with all his variety of excellence, not often pathetic ; and had so little sensibility of the power of effusions...purely natural, that he did not esteem them in others.' even in his Tragedy, of which the subject is the distress of an unfortunate Princess, there is not... | |
 | James Boswell - 1852 - 344 pągines
...seems not much acquainted. He is, therefore, with all his variety of excellence, not often pathetic ; and had so little sensibility of the power of effusions...ever drew a tear. Various Readings in the Life of DRYDEN. " The reason of this general perusal, Addison has attempted to [find in] derive from the delight... | |
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... felt; and produced sentiments not such as Nature enforces, but meditation supplies. With the simple and elemental passions as they spring separate in the mind, he seems not much acquainted. He is, therefore, with all his variety of excellence, not... 
