 On two unequal crutches propt he came, Milton's on this, on that one Johnston's name. The decent Knight retir'd with sober rage, Withdrew his hand, and clos'd the pompous page. But...  Lives of Scottish Poets - Page 56by Joseph Robertson - 1822 - 378 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1836 - 502 pages
...Version of the Psalms, of which he printed many fine editions. Bee mure of him, Book iii. ver. 325. e wind and rain, And scorch'd hy suns, it withers on the plain. Thus Johnston's name. The decent knight retir'd with soher rage, Withdrew his hand, and clos'd the pompous... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1839 - 510 pages
...side to bide : But as in graceful act, with awful eye Composed he stood, bold Benson6 thrust him by : On two unequal crutches propt he came, Milton's on this, on that one Johnston's name. The decent knight? retired with sober rage, Withdrew his hand, and closed the pompous... | |
 | Scotland - 1845 - 824 pages
...side to side ; But as in graceful act, with awful eye, Compos'd he stood, bold Benson thrust him by : On two unequal crutches propt he came, Milton's on this, on that one Jonson's name. The decent Knight retir'd with sober rage, Withdrew his hand, and clos'd the pompous... | |
 | England - 1845 - 812 pages
...side to side ; But as in graceful act, with awful eye, Compoa'd he stood, bold Benson thrust him by : On two unequal crutches propt he came, Milton's on this, on that one Jonson's name. The decent Knight retir'd with sober rage, Withdrew his hand, and clos'd the pompous... | |
 | John Wilson - Criticism - 1846 - 360 pages
...side to side; But as in graceful act, with awful eye, Compos'd he stood, bold Benson thrust him by : On two unequal crutches propt he came, Milton's on this, on that one Jonson's name. The decent Knight retir'd with sober rage, Withdrew his hand and clos'd the pompous... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Charles Macready - 1849 - 646 pages
...side to side : But as in graceful act, with awful eye Composed he stood, bold Benson ' thrust him by : On two unequal crutches propt he came, Milton's on this, on that one Johnston's name. The decent knight ' retired with sober rage, Withdrew his hand, and closed the pompous... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1866 - 674 pages
...of Johnston's Translation of the Psalms, which he attributed to Pope's couplet in The Dundad:— " On two unequal crutches propt he came, Milton's on this, on that one Johnston's name." And that from thence originated his rancour against Milton. The couplet, however,... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - American literature - 1858 - 1022 pages
...celebrated Ruddiman. His admiration for Milton and Johnson is alluded to by Pope in the Dunciad: *• On two unequal crutches propt he came, Milton's on this, on that one Johnston's name." Pope's indignation, and that of the country at large, was excited by the appointment... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1863 - 388 pages
...Arthur Johnston's (a Scotch physician) Version of the Psalms, of which he printed many fine editions. On two unequal crutches propt he came, Milton's on this, on that one Johnston's name. The decent knight retir'd with sober rage, Withdrew his hand, and clos'd the pompous... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1869 - 570 pages
...to side8: But as in graceful act, with awful eye Compos'd he stood, bold Benson4 thrust him by: no On two unequal crutches propt he came, Milton's on this, on that one Johnston's name. • • • • The decent Knight5 retir'd with sober rage, ' She blows not both with... | |
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