...Somerville addressed to him a complimentary epistle in verse, in which the following couplet occurs : — " When panting virtue her last efforts made, You brought your Clio to the virgin's aid." Dr. Johnson remarks that this couplet is " written with the most exquisite delicacy of praise ; it...

...himself. The most elegant compliment that was paid to Addison, is of this obscure and perishable kind ; " When panting Virtue her last efforts made, You brought your CLIO to the Virgin's aid." These lines must please as long as they are understood; but can be understood only by those that have...

...enthusiastically versified, and contains the well-known compliment which pleased Dr. Johnson so much :— ' When panting Virtue her last efforts made, You brought your Clio to the virgin's aid.' Somerville was the disciple of Addison, but he enjoyed at the same time tb.2 friendship of Pope. A...

...as blank verse, in which his principal poem is written. In an address To Mr. Addison, the couplet, ' When panting Virtue her last efforts made, You brought your Clio to the virgin's aid,' is praised by Johnson as one of those happy strokes which are seldom attained. In the same poem Shakespeare...

...Pieces, and began to have profane and immodest Writings in Contempt. (Essays, vol. II, И17, p. 268.) 2. When panting Virtue her last efforts made, You brought your Clio to the virgin's aid : Presumptuous Folly blush'd, and Vice withdrew. To vengeance yielding her abnndon'd crew.... Herd...

...as blank verse, in which his principal poem is written. In an address To Mr. Addison, the couplet, ' When panting Virtue her last efforts made, You brought your Clio to the virgin's aid,' is praised by Johnson as one of those happy strokes which are seldom attained. In the same poem Shakespeare...

...Somerville addressed to him a complimentary epistle in verse, in which the following couplet occurs : — When panting virtue her last efforts made, You brought your Clio to the virgin's aid. Dr. Johnson remarked that this couplet is "written with the most exquisite delicacy of praise ; it...

...enthusiastically versified, and contains the well-known compliment which pleased Dr. Johnson K> much :— •When panting Virtue her last efforts made, You brought your Clio to the virgin's aid.' Somerville was the disciple of Addison, but he enjoyed at the *ame time the friendship of Pope. A lyric...

...Spectator with the letters of the name Clio ; and this is the couplet which so delighted Johnson : her@ ! In welcoming Addison to the banks of Avon, Somerville (like many another critic of the time) scruples...

...Spectator with the letters of the name Clio ; and this is the couplet which so delighted Johnson : estic animal, furnished with a native stock within myself. This large castle (to show In welcoming Addison to the banks of Avon, Somerville (like many another critic of the time) scruples...