| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1842 - 716 pages
...prejudices, aft. т all the refinements of subtlety ana the dogmatism of learning, must be tinallj n temporary topics, ami exhibiting no peculiar powers,...naturally sunk by its own weight into neglect This erery bosom return« an echo. — Tin- four stanzas, beginning " Yet степ these bones," ure to... | |
| William Collins - English poetry - 1844 - 324 pages
...dogmatism of learn, ing, must be finally decided all claim to poetical boDottrs. The 'Church yard' abounds with images which find a mirror in every mind,...echo. The four stanzas, beginning * Yet even these hones/ are to me original : I have never seen the notions in any other place ; yet be that reads them... | |
| 1844 - 498 pages
...that the subject is not treated as a true Christian would wish. Dr. Johnson, indeed, says, that it " abounds with images which find a mirror in every mind,...sentiments to which every bosom returns an echo." So it may : still there is nothing in it to mark that the talented author wrote as one deeply impressed... | |
| William Collins - English poetry - 1844 - 328 pages
...dogmaiismof learnIng. mnst he finally decided all claim to poetical honours. The • Church yard' ahounds with images which find a mirror in every mind, and with sentiments to which every hosom returns an echo. The four Rtanzaa, heginning ' Yet even these hones/ are to me original : 1 h.ve... | |
| Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...his frailties. These notes may properly conclude with Dr. Johnson's judgment on this poem, that it " abounds with images which find a mirror in every mind,...sentiments to which every bosom returns an echo." See " Life of Gray." 6 Falling dew— This marks the time; for the bird being high in the air, was... | |
| Edward Jesse - Berkshire (England) - 1847 - 430 pages
...and popular elegy. Who can read it without agreeing with our great moralist, Dr. Johnson, that " it abounds with images which find a mirror in every mind,...sentiments to which every bosom returns an echo." Yes — it must be the ivy mantled tower of Gray, and I trust that no cold-hearted casuist will ever... | |
| Edward Jesse - Berkshire (England) - 1847 - 444 pages
...and popular elegy. Who can read it without agreeing with our great moralist, Dr. Johnson, that " it abounds with images which find a mirror in every mind, and with sentiments to which ever)' bosom returns an echo." Yes — it must be the ivy mantled tower of Gray, and I trust that no... | |
| Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1848 - 692 pages
...which he lived, and how much has he added to its interest ? His Churchyard, as Dr. Johnson observed, " abounds with images which find a mirror in every mind,...sentiments to which every bosom returns an echo." It may also be said of Gray, that he was one of those few persons in the annals of literature, who... | |
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