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 his several province well command, Would all but stoop to what they understand. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page 74by James Boswell - 1820Full view - About this book
| Alexander Pope - 1825 - 536 pages
...parte. Like kings, we lose the conquests galn'il 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... | |
| British anthology - 1825 - 460 pages
...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... | |
| Tobias Merton (pseud) - 1825 - 380 pages
...poetry but his own ? There is work for them all, if each would perform that of which he is capable : Each might his several province well command, , Would all but stoop to what they understand. be asked, What constitutes the best poetry ? that read and admired by the most persons ? or by the... | |
| James Boswell - 1826 - 416 pages
...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 his several province...are good." JOHNSON. " Yes ; but that was his trade ; ' 1'esprit du corps ;' he had been all his life among players and play-writers. I wondered that he... | |
| Elocution - 1826 - 82 pages
...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. In repeating these lines, we shall find it necessary to form the cadence, by giving the falling inflection... | |
| James Boswell - 1827 - 576 pages
...done, to be sure, Sir. That book is a striking proof of the justice of Pope's remark : ' Each might hi* several province well command. Would all but stoop...are good." JOHNSON : " Yes ; but that was his trade ; ГегргИ du согрг ; he had been all his life among players and play-writers. I wondered... | |
| James Boswell - Authors, English - 1827 - 622 pages
...proof of the justice of Pope's remark : ' Each mlßht his several province well command, Would ail 0 5 炀 ₀ ; resprit du corps ; he hail been all his life among players and play-writers. I wondered that he had... | |
| James Boswell - Authors, English - 1831 - 586 pages
...to be sure, sir. That book is a striking proof of the justice of Pope's remark : i ll'i't • • ' Each might his several province well command, Would...are good." JOHNSON. "Yes; but that was his trade; V esprit du corps; he had been all his life among players and playwriters. I wondered that he had so... | |
| James Boswell - Authors, English - 1835 - 590 pages
...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 his several province...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 pages
...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... | |
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