 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 376 pagina’s
...unideal Vacancy. This inclination fometimes produced nonfenfe, which he knew; as, Move fwiftly, fun, and fly a lover's pace, Leave weeks and months behind thee in thy race. Amariel flies To guard thee from the demons of the air; My flaming fword above them to difplay, All... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 364 pagina’s
...unideal Vacancy. This inclination fometimes' produced nonfenfe, which he knew ; as, Move fwiftly, fun, and fly a lover's pace, Leave weeks and months behind thee in thy ra$e. Amariel flies To guard thee from the demons of the air ; My flaming fword above them to difplay,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1772 - 388 pagina’s
...'vacancy. This inclination fometimes produced nonfenfe, which he knew ; as, Move fwiftly, fun, and flf a lover's pace, Leave weeks and months behind thee in thy race. u 2, AmaAmariel flies To guard thee from the demons of the air ; My flaming fword above them to difplay,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 476 pagina’s
...unideal vacancy. This inclination fometimes produced nonfenfe, which he knew ; as, Move fwiftly, fun, and fly a lover's pace, Leave weeks and months behind thee in thy race. Amariel flies To guard thee from the demons of the air j My flaming fword above them to difplay, All... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 478 pagina’s
...of unideal vacancy. This inclination fometimes produced nonfenfe, which he knew; as, Move fwiftly, Sun, and fly a lover's pace, Leave weeks and months behind thee in thy race. -Amajnel ffies To guard thee from the demons of the air; My flaming fword above them to difplay, All... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1795 - 610 pagina’s
...unideal vacancy. This inclination fometimes produced nonfenfe, which he knew; as, Move fwiftly, fun, and fly a lover's pace, Leave weeks and months behind thee in thy race. Amariel flies To guard thee from the demons of the air; My flaming fword above them to difplay, All... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 pagina’s
...sallies of sentiment, lathe irregular and exeentrick violence of wit. He delighted to tread upon tc brink of meaning, where light and darkness begin to mingle; to approach 'he precipice of absurdity, and hover over the abyss of unideal vacancy. This ucl'uution sometimes... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pagina’s
...delight was in wild and daring sallies of sentiment, in the irregular and excentrick violence of wit. He delighted to tread upon the brink of meaning, where...Amamel flies To guard thee from the demons of the air 5 My flaming sword above them to display, All keen, and ground upon the edge of day. And sometimes... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 322 pagina’s
...delight was in wild an'd daring sallies of sentiment, in the irregular and eccentric violence of wit. He delighted to tread upon the brink of meaning, where...inclination sometimes produced nonsense, which he knew." " These are his faults of affectation ; his faults of negligence are beyond rental. Such is the unevenness... | |
 | 1806 - 688 pagina’s
...argument, was in wild and dating sallies of sentiment, in the irregular and eccentric violence of wit. He delighted to tread upon the brink of meaning where light and darkness began to mingle ; to approach the precipice of absurdity and hover over the abyss of unideal Vacancy.... | |
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Next to argument, his delight was in wild and daring sallies of sentiment, in the irregular and eccentric violence of wit. He delighted to tread upon the brink of meaning, where light and darkness begin to mingle ; to approach the precipice of absurdity,... 
