 The work of a correct and regular writer is a garden accurately formed and diligently planted, varied with shades, and scented with flowers; the composition of Shakespeare is a forest, in which oaks extend their branches, and pines tower in the air, interspersed...  Miscellaneous and Fugitive Pieces - Page 120by Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 375 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Working class - 1878 - 230 pages
...planted, varied with shades and scented with flowers ; the composition of Shakespeare is a forest, in which oaks extend their branches and pines tower in the air, interspersed sometimes with weeds and brambles, and sometimes giving shelter to myrtles and roses,... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1882 - 470 pages
...Critics aud Commentators. " The composition of Shakspeare," says one of his editors, " is a forest in which oaks extend their branches, and pines tower in the air : interspersed sometimes with weeds and brambles, and sometimes giving shelter to myrtles and to roses."... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1882 - 494 pages
...Critics and Commentators. " The composition of Shakspeare," says one of his editors, " is a forest in which oaks extend their branches, and pines tower in the air : interspersed sometimes with weeds and brambles, and sometimes giving shelter to myrtles and to roses."... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1882 - 996 pages
...intricacies of the drama. with shades and scented with flowers : the composi tion of Shakspeare is a forest, i thou think'st For the whole space that's in the tyrant's grasp interspersed sometimes with weeds and brambles, and sometimes giving sheher to myrtles and to rose;.... | |
 | Edward Hawkins - Great Britain - 1885 - 770 pages
...of the poet's works, coinciding with Johnson's opinion, " the composition of Shakespeare is a forest in which oaks extend their branches, and pines tower in the air, interspersed sometimes with weeds and brambles, and sometimes giving shelter to myrtles and roses,... | |
 | Sir George Grove, David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - 1888 - 524 pages
...planted, varied with shades and scented with flowers ; the composition of Shakespeare is a forest, in which oaks extend their branches, and pines tower in the air, interspersed some338 389 times with weeds and brambles, and sometimes giving shelter to myrtles and... | |
 | James Mercer Garnett - English literature - 1890 - 730 pages
...the name of Cato, but we think on Addison. with flowers ; the composition of Shakespeare is a forest, in which oaks extend their branches, and pines tower in the air, interspersed sometimes with weeds and brambles, and sometimes giving shelter to myrtles and to roses... | |
 | John Earle - English language - 1890 - 552 pages
...diligently planted, varied with shades and scented with flowers ; the composition of Shakspeare is a forest, in which oaks extend their branches, and pines tower in the air, interspersed sometimes with weeds and brambles, and sometimes giving shelter to myrtles and roses ;... | |
 | William Minto - English literature - 1894 - 434 pages
...planted, varied with shades and scented with flowers ; the composition of Shakespeare is a forest, in which oaks extend their branches and pines tower in the air, interspersed sometimes with weeds and brambles, and sometimes giving shelter to myrtles and roses ;... | |
 | William Minto - English literature - 1894 - 438 pages
...planted, varied with shades and scented with flowers ; the composition of Shakespeare is a forest, in which oaks extend their branches and pines tower in the air, interspersed sometimes with weeds and brambles, and sometimes giving shelter to myrtles and roses ;... | |
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