 | James Boswell - 1835 - 590 pagina’s
...BOSWELL. " You will allow his ' Apology ' to be well done." JOHNSON. " Very well done, to be sure, sir. That book is a striking proof of the justice...are good." JOHNSON. " Yes; but that 'was his trade; fttprit dn corp$; he had been all his life among players and play-writers. I wondered that he had so... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1835 - 378 pagina’s
...parts. Like kings, we lose the conquests gain'd before, By vain ambition still to make them more : 65 Each might his several province well command, Would all but stoop to what they understand. 60 One science only will one geniu3 fit. Warton vindicates this maxim ; but adduces only the weak examples... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1836 - 332 pagina’s
...parts. Like kings, we lose the conquests gain'd before?. By vain ambition still to make them more : Each might his several province well command, Would all but stoop to what they understand. First follow nature, and your judgment frame By her just standard, which is still the same : Unerring... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1839 - 510 pagina’s
...single parts. Like kings we lose the conquests gain'd before, By vain ambition still to make them more : linda's name. ELEGY TO THE MEMORY OP AN UNFORTUNATE LADY. WnAT beckoning ghost along the m First follow Nature, and your judgment frame By her just standard, which is still the same : Unerring... | |
 | 1840 - 508 pagina’s
...particular. ' Each several ship a victory did gain.' (Dryden.) 5. Distinct ; appropriate : ' Each might hia several province well command, Would all but stoop to what they understand.' — POPE." Upon these authorities no remark is necessary. They go clearly to prove that the word "... | |
 | James Boswell - 1843 - 588 pagina’s
...BOSWELL. " You will allow his ' Apology ' to be well done." JOHNSON. " Very well done, to be sure, sir. That book is a striking proof of the justice of Pope's remark: ' Each might big several province well command, Would all but gtoop to what they understand.' " BOSWELL. " And his... | |
 | James Boswell - 1848 - 392 pagina’s
...not." BOSWELL. " You will allow his ' Apology' to be well done." JOHNSON. " Very well done, to be sure, Sir. That book is a striking proof of the justice...are good." JOHNSON. " Yes ; but that was his trade ; tesprit du corps ; he had been all his life among players and playwriters. I wondered that he ha)l... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Charles Macready - 1849 - 646 pagina’s
...single parts. Like kings we lose the conquests gain'd before, By vain ambition still to make them more : Each might his several province well command, Would all but stoop to what they understand. Life, force, and beauty, must to all impart, At once the source, and end, and test of Art. Art from... | |
 | 1900 - 614 pagina’s
...not severally be joined," ¿c. The meaning is "separate," as in Pope's ' Essay on Criticism ' : — Each might his several province well command, Would all but stoop to what they understand. ALFRED F. CURWIK. " VERIDICAL" (9*8. y. 416).— This is given in ' The Imperial Dictionary ' as "... | |
 | George Frederick Graham - 1852 - 570 pagina’s
...parts. Like kings, we lose the conquests gained before, By vain ambition still to make them more : Each might his several province well command, Would all but stoop to what they understand. 65 First follow Nature, and your judgment frame By her just standard, which is still the same: Unerring... | |
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Very well done, to be sure, Sir. That book is a striking proof of the justice of Pope's remark: Each might his several province well command, Would all but stoop to what they understand. 
