No greater felicity can genius attain than that of having purified intellectual pleasure, separated mirth from indecency, and wit from licentiousness; of having taught a succession of writers to bring elegance and gaiety to the aid of goodness; and, if... The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page 114by Samuel Johnson - 1820Full view - About this book
| Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1825 - 504 pages
...character, " above all Greek, above all Roman fame." No greater felicity can genius attain, than that of having purified intellectual pleasure, separated mirth...life, and for some time afterwards, was considered, by the greater part of readers, as supremely excelling both in poetry and criticism. Part of his reputation... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 506 pages
...having purified iateUgfit.ual pleasure, sep_arated mirth from indecency, and wit from Jicentiousgessj of having taught a succession of writers to bring...life, and for some time afterwards, was considered, by the greater part of readers, as supremely excelling both in poetry and criticism. Part of his reputation... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1826 - 430 pages
...character, ' above all Greek, above all Roman fame.' No greater felicity can genius attain than that of having purified intellectual pleasure, separated mirth...righteousness.' Addison, in his life, and for some time afterward, was considered by a greater part of readers as supremely excelling both in poetry and criticism.... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 752 pages
...character, " above all Greek, above all Roman fame." No greater felicity can genius attain than that of een f`e - gayety to the aid of goodness ; and, if I may use expressions yet more awful, of having " turned many... | |
| 1838 - 1056 pages
...character "above all Greek, above all Roman fame." No greater felicity can genius attain than that of having purified intellectual pleasure, separated mirth...indecency, and wit from licentiousness, — of having ADELUNG, JOHN CHRISTOPHER ADRETS, FRANCOISE DE BEAUMONT. 33 taught a succession of writers to bring... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1840 - 522 pages
...character, ' above all Greek, above all Roman fame/ No greater felicity can genius attain, than (hat of having purified intellectual pleasure, separated mirth...elegance and gaiety to the aid of goodness; and, if I niay use expressions yet more awful, of having * turned many to righteousness.1 Addison, in his life,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1854 - 450 pages
...character, " above all Greek, above all Roman fame." No greater felicity can genius attain than that of having purified intellectual pleasure, separated mirth...life, and for some time afterwards, was considered by the greater part of readers as supremely excelling both in poetry and criticism. Part of his reputation... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 484 pages
...character, " above all Greek, above all Roman fame." No greater felicity can genius attain than that of having purified intellectual pleasure, separated mirth...life, and for some time afterwards, was considered by the greater part of readers as supremely excelling both in poetry and criticism. Part of his reputation... | |
| George Smith - Theology, Practical - 1855 - 604 pages
...from every thing which can serve as an alloy : ' No greater felicity can genius attain than that of having purified intellectual pleasure, separated mirth from indecency, and wit from licentiousness.'* Bliss is that which is purely spiritual; it has its source in the imagination, and rises above the... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1855 - 416 pages
...character above all Greek, above all Roman fame. No greater felicity can genius attain, than that of having purified intellectual pleasure, separated mirth...taught a succession of writers to bring elegance and gayety to the aid of goodness ; and, if I may use expressions yet more awful, of having turned many... | |
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