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" We know that they never drove a field, and that they had no flocks to batten^ and though it be allowed that the reprefentation may be allegorical, the true meaning is fo uncertain and remote, •that it is never fought, becaufe it cannot be known when... "
The Works of the English Poets: Prefaces - Page 151
by Samuel Johnson - 1779
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Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets ...

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 302 pages
...heard What time the grey fly winds her fultry horn, Batt'ning our flocks with the frefh dews of night. We know that they never drove a field, and that they...allegorical, the true meaning is fo uncertain and remote, :hat it is never fought, becaufe it canlot be known when it is found. Among Among the flocks, and copfes,...
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Critical Essays on Some of the Poems of Several English Poets

John Scott, John Hoole - English poetry - 1785 - 492 pages
...can be excited by thefe lines,' " We " drove afield," &c ? ' We know that ' they never drove afield, and that they ' had no flocks to batten; and though...never fought, becaufe it cannot be * known when it is found.' Cowley fpeaks of Hervey in propria perfona, Milton is pro tempore a ruftick poet; one therefore...
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Critical Essays on Some of the Poems of Several English Poets

John Scott, John Hoole - English poetry - 1785 - 544 pages
...can be excited by thefe lines,' "' We " drove afield," &c ? * We know that * they never drove afield, and that they ' had no flocks to batten; and though...never fought, becaufe it cannot be ' known when it is found.' Cowley fpeaks of Hervey in propria perfona, Milton is pro tempore a ruftick poet; one therefore...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The lives of the most eminent English poets

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 498 pages
...with the ficfh dews of night. We know that they never drove a field, and th^r tluv had no flocks no batten; and though it be allowed that the reprefentation...is fo uncertain and remote, that it is never fought bccaufe it cannot be known when it is found. Among the flocks, and copfes, and flowers, appear the...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson.LL.D..: The lives of the English poets

Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 478 pages
...heard What time the grey fly winds her fultry horn, Battening our flocks with the frefh dews of night. We know that they never drove a field, and that they...is never fought becaufe it cannot be known when it is found. Among the flocks, and copfes, and flowers, appear the Heathen deities; Jove and Phoebus,...
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The Lives of the English Poets: and a Criticism of Their Work

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1795 - 610 pages
...heard What time the grey fly winds her fultry horn, Patt'ning our flocks with the freth dews of night. We know that they never drove a field, and that they...allegorical, the true meaning is fo uncertain and Temote, that it is never fought, becaufe it canżiot be known when it is found. Among the flocks, and...
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Paradise Lost: With Notes, Selected from Newton and Others, to ..., Volumes 1-2

John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...sultry horn, Batt'ning dur flocks With the fresh dews of night. We know that they never drove afield, and that they had no flocks to batten; and though it be allowed that the representation may be allegorical, the true meaning is so uncertain and remote, that it is never sought,...
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Lives

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 714 pages
...What time the gtey fly winds her sultry horn* Battening our flocks with the fresh dews of night. iVe know that they never drove a field, and that they had no flocks to batfen; ind though it be allowed that the representation may be allegorical, the true ntaning b so...
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The works of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland. With prefaces ..., Volume 1

Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...heard What time the grey fly winds her sultry horn, Battening our Socks with the fresh .dews of night. 'We know that they never drove a field, and that they...flocks to batten; and though it be allowed that the representation may be allegorical, the true meaning is so uncertain and remote, that it is never soi^ht...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 336 pages
...heard What time the grey fly winds her sultry horn, Battening our flocks with the fresh dews of night, We know that they never drove a field, and that they...flocks to batten ; and though it be allowed that the representation may be allegorical, Ihe true meaning is so uncertain and remote, that it is never sought,...
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