 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1858 - 780 pàgines
...Where then shall Hope and Fear their objects find 1 Must dull suspense corrupt the stagnant mind ? Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate, Roll darkling down the torrent of his fate ? Must no dislike alarm, no wishes rise; No cries invoke the mercies of the skies? Inquirer, cease... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 960 pàgines
...Where then shall hope and fear their objects find? Shall dull suspense corrupt the stagnant mind? Must etónos of his letters.— CHOKER. aliit J. BOSWELL,...jun. Pope's version Is — - Dr. Maxwell's memory has Heaven may hear, nor deem Religion vain. Still raise for good the supplicating voice, But leave to... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 496 pàgines
...Where then shall hope and fear their objects find? Shall dull suspense corrupt the stagnant mind ? Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate, Roll darkling down...wishes rise, No cries attempt the mercy of the skies ? 1 From Mr. Langton.— BOSWEU.. Garrick's criticism (if it deserves the name) and his facfs are both... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 950 pàgines
...Where then shall hope and fear their objects find ? Shall dull suspense corrupt the stagnant mind? Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate, Roll darkling down...his fate? Shall no dislike alarm, no wishes rise, No rries attempt the mercy of the skies ? Inquirer, cease ; petitions yet remain. Which Heaven may hear,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1860 - 250 pàgines
...then, shall Hope and Fear their objects find ? Must dull Suspense corrupt the stagnant mind ? Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate, Roll darkling down the torrent of his fate ? Must no dislike alarm, no wishes rise, No cries attempt the mercy of the skies ? — Inquirer, cease... | |
 | John Barton - 1984 - 276 pàgines
...Where then shall Hope and Fear their objects find? Must dull Suspence corrupt the stagnant mind? Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate, Roll darkling down the torrent of his fate? . . . Enquirer, cease, petitions yet remain, 71 Which heav'n may hear, nor deem religion vain. Still... | |
 | Margaret Anne Doody, Professor of English Margaret Anne Doody - 1985 - 314 pàgines
...image or image-cluster contributes to the climax of Johnson's Vanity of Human Wishes (1749): "Must helpless Man, in Ignorance sedate, / Roll darkling down the Torrent of his Fate?" (lines 345-6) ." The idea can be found even in light touches, as in Burns's image in "Tarn O'Shanter":... | |
 | Kristina Straub - 1987 - 260 pàgines
...Where then shall Hope and Fear their Objects find? Must dull Suspence corrupt the stagnant Mind? Must helpless Man, in Ignorance sedate, Roll darkling down the Torrent of his fate? [ VHW 343-46] The negative terms of corruption and stagnancy apply to that which is "down"; the proper... | |
 | Leopold Damrosch - 1989 - 276 pàgines
...Where then shall hope and fear their objects find? Must dull suspense corrupt the stagnant mind? Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate, Roll darkling down the torrent of his fate? (Vanity of Human Wishes, 11. 343-46) "Torrent" is a revision for "current," and Johnson often uses... | |
 | Catherine Neal Parke - 1991 - 212 pàgines
...Where then shall Hope and Fear their objects find? Must dull Suspence corrupt the stagnant mind? Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate, Roll darkling down the torrent of his fate? (YJ 6: 107-8) From the perspective not only of all the evidence but also of the poem's manner of proceeding... | |
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Where then shall Hope and Fear their objects find? Must dull suspense corrupt the stagnant mind? Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate, Roll darkling down the torrent of his fate? 
