 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - Authors, English - 1823 - 514 pages
...vowel before another, or the suppression of the last syllable of a word ending with a vowel, when a vowel begins the following word. As Knowledge Oppresses...soon turns Wisdom to folly, as nourishment to wind. This licence, though now disused in English poetry, was practised by our old writers, and is allowed... | |
 | James Ferguson - English essays - 1823 - 384 pages
...may be very unsuitable to the genius of the English tongue. Milton, therefore, seems to have somewhat mistaken the nature of our language, of which the...ruggedness and asperity, and has left our harsh cadences yet harsher. But his elisions are not all- equally to be censured; in some syllables they may be allowed,... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 638 pages
...vowel before another, or the suppression of the last syllable of a word ending with a vowel, when a vowel begins the following word. As Knowledge Oppresses else with surfeit, and soon turns Wisdom to foHy, as nourishment to wind. afforded by the liberty of changing at will the terminations of the dramatic... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 572 pages
...and needs no less Her temp'rance over appetite, to know In measure what the mind may well contain ; Oppresses else with surfeit, and soon turns Wisdom to folly', as nourishment to wind. 130 Know then, that after Lucifer from heaven (So call him, brighter once amidst the host Of angels,... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 580 pages
...and needs no less Her temp'rance over appetite, to know In measure what the mind may well contain ; Oppresses else with surfeit, and soon turns Wisdom to folly', as nourishment to wind. 130 Know then, that after Lucifer from heaven (So call him, brighter once amidst the host Of angels,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1824 - 468 pages
...vowel before another, or the suppression of the last syllable of a word ending with a vowel, when a vowel begins the following word. As Knowledge Oppresses else with surfeit, and soon turns .. ( .ii Wisdom to folly, as nourishment to wind. . , ( This license, though now disused in English... | |
 | 1825 - 648 pages
...with a vowel, when a vowel begins the following word. As, ' Knowledge — Oppresses else uith surfuit, and soon turns Wisdom to folly, as nourishment to...nature of our language, of which the chief defect is ruggedtiess and asperity, and has left our harsh cadences still harsher.' The same objection was made... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1825 - 526 pages
...vowel before another, or the suppression of the last syllable of a word ending with a vowel, when a vowel begins the following word. As Knowledge Oppresses...soon turns Wisdom to folly, as nourishment to wind. This licence, though now disused in English poetry, was practised by our old writers, and is allowed... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 530 pages
...vowel before another, or the suppression of the last syllable of a word ending with a vowel, when a vowel begins the following word ; as, — • Knowledge...Oppresses else with surfeit, and soon turns Wisdom lo folly, as nourishment to wind. This license, though now disused in English poetry, was practised... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1825 - 538 pages
...suppression of the last syllable of a word ending with a vowel, when a vowel begins the following word ; u, Knowledge Oppresses else with surfeit, and soon turns Wisdom to folly, as nourishment to wind. This license, though now disused in English poetry, was practised hy our old writers, and is allowed... | |
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But knowledge is as food, and needs no less Her temperance over appetite, to know In measure what the mind may well contain ; Oppresses else with surfeit, and soon turns Wisdom to folly, as nourishment to wind. 
