 how it could exalt the low and amplify the little. To this ambition, perhaps, we owe the frogs of Homer; the gnat and the bees of Virgil; the butterfly of Spenser; the shadow of Wowerus; and the quincunx of Browne. ' Cardinal de Richelieu, amongst all...  Chambers's Pocket Miscellany - Page 61by William Chambers - 1854Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1774 - 392 pages
...obfcure Properties, and to produce to the World an Object of Wonder to which Nature had contributed little. To this Ambition, perhaps, we owe the Frogs...the Gnat and the Bees of Virgil, the Butterfly of Spencer, the Shadow of Wnverus, and the Qmncunx of Browne. In the Profecntion of this Sport of Fancy,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Maxims - 1782 - 482 pages
...obfcure properties, and to produce to the world an objeft of wonder, to which nature had contributed little. To this ambition, perhaps we owe the Frogs...the Gnat and the Bees of Virgil, the Butterfly of Spencer, the Shadow of Woverus, and the Quincunx of Browne. Life of Sir Thomis Browne, p. 266. GOVERNMENT.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 676 pages
...obfcure propcrtir<; > and to produce to the •world an object of wonder to which nature had contributed little. To this ambition, perhaps, we owe the Frogs...the gnat and the bees of Virgil, the butterfly of Spenfer, the fhadow of Wowerus, and the quincunx of Browne. In the profecution of this fport of fancy,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 562 pages
...obfcure properties, and to pro. duce to the world an object of wonder to which nature had'contributed little. To this ambition, perhaps, we owe the frogs...the gnat and the bees of Virgil, the butterfly of Spenfer, the fhadow of Wowerus, and the quincunx of Browne. In the profecution of this fport of fancy,... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - Anecdotes - 1798 - 688 pages
...(Johnfon obferves in his Life of Sir Thomas Browne) to have been in all ages the pride of Art to fhew how it could exalt the low, and amplify the little....the Gnat and the Bees of Virgil ; the Butterfly of Spenfer; the Shadow of Wowerus; and the Quincunx of Browne. Montaigne found a very agreeable playmate... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 548 pages
...properties, and to produce to the world an object of wondrr to which nature had contributed iittle. To this ambition, perhaps, we owe the frogs of Homer,...and the bees of Virgil, the butterfly of Spenser, Ihc shadow of Wowerus, and the quincunx of BrowneIn the prosecution of this sport of fancy, he considers... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1812 - 402 pages
...obscure properties, and to produce to the world an object of wonder to which nature had contributed little. To this ambition, perhaps, we owe the frogs...the shadow of Wowerus, and the quincunx of Browne. In the prosecution of this sport of fancy, he considers every production of art and nature in which... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1816 - 564 pages
...obscure properties, and to produce to the world an object of wonder to which nature had contributed little. To this ambition, perhaps we owe the frogs...the shadow of Wowerus, and the quincunx of Browne. In the prosecution of this sport of fancy, he considers every production of art and nature in which... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 872 pages
...obscure properties, and to produce to the world an object of wonder to which nature had contributed little. To this ambition, perhaps we owe the frogs...the shadow of Wowerus, and the quincunx of Browne. In the prosecution of this sport of fancy, he considers every production of art and nature in which... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1820 - 470 pages
...obscure properties, and to produce to the world an object of wonder to which nature had contributed little. To this ambition, perhaps, we owe the frogs...the shadow of Wowerus, and the quincunx of Browne. VOL. XII. T In the prosecution of this sport of fancy, he considers every production of art and nature... | |
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