 His onset was violent; those passages, which, while they stood single, had passed with little notice, when they were accumulated and exposed together, excited horror. The wise and the pious caught the alarm, and the nation wondered why it had so long...  The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal1781Snippet view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 714 pages
...passed with little notice, when they were accumurateri and exposed together, excited horror; the wise and the pious caught the alarm, and the nation wondered why it had so long suffered irreligion and licentiousness to be «penly taught ct the pubiick charge. Nothing... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 536 pages
...pafled with little notice, when they were accumulated and expofed together, excited horror; the wife and the pious caught the alarm ; and the nation wondered...irreligion and licentioufnefs to be openly taught at the publick charge. Nothing now remained for the poets but to refift or fly. Dryden's confcience, or his... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Biography - 1801 - 424 pages
...patted with little notice, when they were accumulated and expofed together, excited horror ; the wife and the pious caught the alarm ; and the nation wondered...irreligion and licentioufnefs to be openly taught at the publick charge. Nothing now remained for the poets but to refift or fly. Dryden's confcience, or his... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...passed with little notice, When they were accumulated and exposed together, excited horror ; the wise and the pious caught the alarm, and the nation wondered why it had so long suffered irreligior. and licentiousness to be openly taught at the publick charge. Nothing... | |
 | samuel johnson, ll.d. - 1806 - 416 pages
...pafTed with little notice, when they were accumulated and expofed together, excited horror; the wife and the pious caught the alarm; and the nation wondered why it had fo long fuffered irreligion and licentioufnels to be openly taught at the publick. charge. Nothing now remained for the poets but to... | |
 | John Styles - Theater - 1807 - 216 pages
...passed with little notice, when they were accumulated and exposed together, excited horror; the wise and the pious caught the alarm, and the nation wondered why it had so long suffered irreligion and licentiousness to be openly taught at the public charge." Lord Kaimes,... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 478 pages
...passed with little notice, when they were accumulated and exposed together, excited horror. The wise and the pious caught the alarm ; and the nation wondered why it had so long suffered irreligion and licentiousness to be openly taught at the public charge." — Life... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - English literature - 1808 - 476 pages
...passed with little notice, when they were accumulated and exposed together, excited horror. The wise and the pious caught the alarm ; and the nation wondered why it had so long suffered irreligion and licentiousness to be openly taught at the public charge." — Life... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - English literature - 1808 - 564 pages
...passed with little notice, when they were accumulated and exposed together, excited horror; the wise and the pious caught the alarm, and the nation wondered why it had so long suffered irreligion and licentiousness to be openly taught at the public charge." Notwithstanding... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 598 pages
...caught the alarm; and the nation wondered why it had so long suflered irreligion and licentiousness to be openly taught at the public charge. Nothing now remained for the poets but to resist or fly. Dryden's conscience, or his prudence, angry as he was, withheld him from the conflict... | |
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