 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 302 pages
...producing-foinething which. they Jhould not willingly let die. However inferior to the heroes who were born in better ages, he might ftill be great among his contemporaries,...Of his artifices of ftudy, or particular hours of competition, we have little account, and there was perhaps little to be told. Richardfon, who faems... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 280 pages
...to the heroes who were born in better ages, he might ftill be .great among his contemporaries, \vieh .the hope of growing every day greater in the dwindle...monarch of the blind. Of his artifices of ftudy, or partku-lar hours of compofition, we have little account, and there was perhaps little to be told. Richardfbn,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 494 pages
...fomething which they jhould not willingly let die. However inferior to the heroes who were born in better ages, he might ftill be great among his contemporaries,...greater in the dwindle of pofterity. He might ftill be a giant among the pygmies, the one-eyed monarch of the blind. < Of his artifices of ftudy, or particular... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 498 pages
...fomething which they foould not -willingly let die. However inferior to the heroes who were born in better ages, he might ftill be great among his contemporaries,...hope of growing every day greater in the dwindle of poftcrity. He might ftill be a giant among the pygmies, the one-eyed monarch of the blind. Of his artifices... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 478 pages
...fomething which they flwuld not willingly let die. However inferior to the hefoes who were born in better ages, he might ftill be great among his contemporaries,...greater in the dwindle of pofterity. He might ftill be a giant among the pygmies, the one-eyed monarch of the blind. Of his artifices of ftudy, or particular... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1795 - 610 pages
...producing fomething which theyfiould not willingly let die. However inferior to the heroes who were born in better ages, he might ftill be great among his contemporaries,...pofterity. He might ftill be the giant of the pygmies, the onereyed monarch of the blind. ? Of Of his artifices of ftudy, or particular hours of compofition,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 714 pages
...vol. I. 717. H. who who were born in better ages, lie mjglit still he great am<vig his contemporary with the hope of growing every day greater in the dwindle of posterity. H iriight still be a giant among the pygmies, the one-eyed monarch of the blinc Of his artifices... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 476 pages
...producing fomething which they Jhould not willingly kt die. However inferior to the heroes who were born in better ages, he might ftill be great among his contemporaries,...greater in the dwindle of pofterity. He might ftill be a giant among the pygmies, the oneeyed monarch of the blind. Of his artifices of ftudy, or particular... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...obscurity. Vide Allan, Oxon. vol. 1. 7*7. H. who were born in better ages, he might still be great amon g his contemporaries,, with the hope of growing every day greater in the dwindle of posterity. He might still be a giant among the pygmies, the one-eyed monarch of the blind. Of his artifices... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 482 pages
...producing fomething which tkeyjhould not willingly let die. However inferior to the heroes who were born in better ages, he might ftill be great among his contemporaries,...greater in the dwindle of pofterity. He might ftill be a giant among the pygmies, the one-eyed monarch of the blind. Of his artifices of ftudy, or particular... | |
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However inferior to the heroes who were born in better ages, he might still be great among his contemporaries, with the hope of growing every day greater in the dwindle of posterity. He might still be a giant among the pygmies, the oneeyed monarch of... 
