 | Edmund Burke - 1800 - 624 pages
...great poet of r-eafon, the firft of ethical authors in verfe. And this fpccies of writing is, afler all, the fureft road to an extenfive reputation. It...men, than the higher flights of more genuine poetry. " Where then, according to the queftion propofed at the beginning of this eilay, (hall we with juftice... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - 1782 - 588 pages
...writer as Dr. W. will help to confirm them. And And this fpecles of writing is, after all, the fared road to an extenfive reputation. It lies more level...Churchill was more in vogue than a Gray. He that treats of faftiionable follies, and the topics of the day, that defcribet prefent perfons and recent events,... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1782 - 514 pages
...Reafon, the Firjl of Ethical authors in verfe. And this fpecies of writing is, after all, the furefl road to an extenfive reputation. It lies more level...all remember when even a Churchill was more in vogue thaji a Gray. He that treats of fafhionable follies, and the topics of the day, that defcribes prefent... | |
 | 1797 - 618 pages
...necessity. And this species of writing is, after all, the surest road to an extensive and immediate reputation. It lies more level to the general capacities of men, than the higher flights of more exalted and "genuine poetry. Waller was more applauded than the Paradise Lost; and we all remember... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1797 - 444 pages
...neceffity. And this fpecies of writing is, after all, the fureft road to an extenfive and immediate reputation. It lies more level to the general capacities of men, than the higher ffights of more exalted and genuine poetry. Wafler was more applauded than the Paradife Loft ; and... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1797 - 442 pages
...this fpecies of writing is, after all, the fureft road to an epctenfive and immediate repu. tation. It lies more level to the general capacities of men, than the higher ffights of more exalted and genuine poetry. Waller was more applauded than the Paradife Loft ; and... | |
 | 1798 - 752 pages
...neceffity. And this fpecics of writing is, alter all, tlic fureft road to an extenfive and immediate reputation. It lies more level to the general capacities of men, than the higher flights of more exalted and genuine poetry. lYalltr was more applauded than the Paradife Lift; and we all remember,... | |
 | 1798 - 932 pages
...neceffity. And this (pecies of writing is, after all, the fureft road to an extenfïre and immediate reputation. It lies more level to the general capacities of men, than the higher ffights of more exalted and .genuine poetry. Waller was more applauded than the, Pau-dife Left; and... | |
 | 1800 - 624 pages
...niggardly encomium to fay he is the great poet of reafon, the firft of ethical authors in verfe. ^nd this fpecies of writing is, after all, the fureft...men, than the higher flights of more genuine poetry. •' Wherç then, according to the queftjon propofed at the beginning of this efiky, (hall we with... | |
 | 1800 - 620 pages
...great poet of reafon, the firft of ethical authors in verfe. And this fpecies of writing is, afier all, the fureft road to an extenfive reputation. It...men, than the higher flights of more genuine poetry. " Where then, according to the queftion propofed at the beginning of this eflay, (hall we with jufticc... | |
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Surely it is no narrow and niggardly encomium to say he is the great Poet of Reason, the first of ethical authors in verse. And this species of writing is, after all, the surest road to an extensive reputation. It lies more level to the general capacities... 
