 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 422 pàgines
...its representation through a long work. A PaStoral of an hundred lines may be endured ; but whQ ivho will hear of sheep and goats, and myrtle bowers and...the dawn of literature, and children in the dawn of Hfe ; but will be for the most part thrown away, as men grow wise, and nations grow learned, : j I... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 598 pàgines
...never wpport its representation through a long work. A pastoral of an hundred lines may be endured; but who will hear of sheep and goats, and myrtle bowers and purling • '.'ilcts through five acts' Such scenes please Barbarians in the dawn of literature, and children... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 596 pàgines
...lines may »e endured; but who will hear of sheep and goats, apd myrtle bowers and purling \ ivulets, through five acts ? Such scenes please Barbarians in the dawn of literature, \ md children in the dawn of life; but will be for the most part thrown way, as men \ ¡row wise, and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 378 pàgines
...never support its representation through a long work. A pastoral of an hundred lines may be endured ; but who will hear of sheep and goats, and myrtle bowers...away, as men grow wise, and nations grow learned. •MGRANTILLE. O. FF GEORGE GRANVILLE, or, as others write, Greenville, or Grenville, afterwards lord... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 380 pàgines
...never support its representation through a long work. A pastoral of an hundred lines may be endured ; but who will hear of sheep and goats, and myrtle bowers...away, as men grow wise, and nations grow learned. GRANVILLE. GEORGE GRANVILLE, or, as others write, Greenville, or GrenvilU; afterwards lord Landsdown,... | |
 | David Erskine Baker - 1812 - 444 pàgines
...never support its representation through a long work. A pastoral of a hundred lines may be endured ; but who will hear of sheep and goats, and myrtle bowers...away, as men grow wise, and nations grow learned. 127. DIONE. Opera, Anon. Svo. 1/33. Acted at the New Theatre in the Haymarket. Set to music by Mr.... | |
 | David Erskine Baker - 1812 - 422 pàgines
...never support its representation through a long work. A pastoral of a hundred lines may be endured; but who will hear of sheep and goats, and myrtle bowers...away, as men grow wise, and nations grow learned. 127. DIONE. Opera, Anon. 8vo. 1733. Acted at the New Theatre in the Haymarket. Set to music -by Mr.... | |
 | David Erskine Baker - 1812 - 418 pàgines
...can never support its representation through a lo'^ work. A pastoral of a hundred lmes may be ndured; but who will hear of sheep and goats, and myrtle bowers...scenes please barbarians in the dawn of literature, - nd chii- dren in the dawn of life; but will be for the most part thrown away, as men grow wise, and... | |
 | Joseph Cooper Walker - 1815 - 430 pàgines
...representation through a long «' work. A pastoral of an hundred lines," he continues, " may be endured ; but who will hear "of " sheep and goats, and myrtle..." rivulets, through five acts ? Such scenes please bar" barians in the dawn of literature, and children " in the dawn of life; but will be, for the most... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 504 pàgines
...never support its representation through a longwork. A Pastoral of an hundred lines maybe endured; but who will hear of sheep and goats, and myrtle bowers,...away, as men grow wise, and nations grow learned. GRANVILLE. OF GEORGE GRANVILLE, or, as others write, Greenville, or Grenville, afterwards Lord Lansdowne... | |
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There is something in the poetical Arcadia so remote from known reality and speculative possibility, that we can never support its representation through a long work. A Pastoral of an hundred lines may be endured ; but who will hear of sheep and goats,... 
