 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 674 pages
...commend. Works of imagination ' excel by their allurement and delight ; by their power of • attracting and detaining the attention. That book is good ; in...vain, which the. reader throws away. He only is the ' master, who keeps the mind in pleasing captivity ; whose pages are perused with eagerness, and in... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Great Britain - 1825 - 508 pages
...commend. Works of imagination excel by their allurement and delight ; by their power of attracting and detaining the attention. That book is good in vain, which the reader throws away. He^only is the master, who keeps the mind in pjeasing^caplisity ; whose pages are perused with eagerness,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1826 - 430 pages
...«ted by their allurement and delight; by their power of attracting and detaining the attention. Thai book is good in vain which the reader throws away. He only is the master whs keeps the mind in pleasing captivity ; whose pages are perused with eagerness, and in hope... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1838 - 716 pages
...commend. Works of imagination excel by their allurement and delight ; by their power of attracting and detaining the attention. That book is good in vain which the reader throws awav. He only is the master who keeps the mind in pleasing captivity ; whose pages are perused with... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1840 - 522 pages
...commend. Works of imagination excel by their allurement and delight ; by their power of attracting and detaining the attention. That book is good in vain, which the reader throws away. He only is the master, who keeps the mind in pleasing captivity; whose pages are perused with eagerness, and in hope... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1842 - 716 pages
...commend. Works of imagination excel by their allurement and delight ; by their rx>wer of attracting and detaining the attention. That book is good in vain which the reader throws away. He only is the master who keeps the mind in pleasing captivity ; whose pages are perused with eagerness, and in hope... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1846 - 714 pages
...may commend. Works of imagination excel by then allurement and delight ; by their power of attracting and detaining the attention. That book is good in vain which the reader throws awav. He only is the master who keeps the mini! in pleasing captivity ; whose paffes are perused with... | |
 | C. Gough - 1853 - 414 pages
...may commend. Works of imagination excel by their allurement and delight, by their power of attracting and detaining the attention. That book is good in vain, which the reader throws away. He only is the master, who keeps the mind in pleasing activity, whose pages are perused with eagerness, and in hope... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 468 pages
...commend. Works of imagination excel by their allurement and delight ; by their power of attracting and detaining the attention. That book is good in vain which the reader throws away. He only is the master who keeps the mind in pleasing captivity ; whose pages ( are perused with eagerness, and in... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 346 pages
...commend. Works of imagination excel by their allurement and delight, — by their power of attracting and detaining the attention. That book is good in vain which the reader throws away. He only is the master who keeps the mind in pleasing captivity ; whose pages are perused with eagerness, and in hope... | |
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Works of imagination excel by their allurement and delight ; by their power of attracting and detaining the attention. That book is good in vain, which the reader throws away. He only is the master, who keeps the mind in pleasing captivity; whose pages... 
