 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - Liczba stron: 610
...materials were supplied by incessant study and unlimited curiosity: The heat of Milton's mind might be said to sublimate his learning ; to throw off into...extent ; and his descriptions are therefore learned : ho had accustomed his imagination to unrestrained indulgence ; and his conceptions therefore were... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - Liczba stron: 714
...unlimited curiosity. The heat of Milton's mind might he said to sublimate his learning, to throw offinto his work the spirit of science, unmingled with its...creation in its whole extent, and his descriptions are thereT fore learned. He had accustomed his imagination to unrestrained indulgence, and his conceptions... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - Liczba stron: 716
...materials were supplied by incessant study and unlimited curiosity. The heat of Milton's mind might be said to sublimate his learning, to throw off into...the elegant^ but his element is the great. He can occasionally invest himself with grace ; but his natural port is gigantick loftiness *. He can please... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - Liczba stron: 322
...with respect to performance, the second among the productions of the human mind. " The characteristic quality of his poem is sublimity. He sometimes descends...the elegant, but his element is the great. He can occasionally invest himself with grace, but his natural port is gigantic loftiness. He can please when... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - Liczba stron: 336
...materials were supplied by incessant study and unlimited curiosity. The heat of Milton's mind may be said to sublimate his learning, to throw off into...the elegant, but his element is the great. He can occasionally invest himself with grace ; but his natural port is gigantick loftiness *. He can please... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - Liczba stron: 514
...materials were supplied by incessant study and unlimited curiosity. The heat of Milton's mind might be said to sublimate his learning, to throw off into...and his conceptions therefore were extensive. The characteristic quality of his poem is sublimity. He sometimes descends to the elegant, but his element... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - Liczba stron: 476
...materials were supplied by incessant study and unlimited curiosity. The heat qf Milton's mind may be said to sublimate his learning, to throw .off into...the elegant, but his element is the great. He can occasionally invest himself with grace ; but his natural port is gigantick loftiness *. He can please... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - Liczba stron: 560
...heat of Milton's mind may be said to sublimate his learning, to throw off into his work the ipirit of science, unmingled with its grosser parts. He had...and his conceptions therefore were extensive. The characteristic quality of his poem is sublimity. He sometimes descends to the elegant, but his element... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - Liczba stron: 420
...materials were supplied by incessant study and unlimited curiosity. The heat of Milton's mind might be said to sublimate his learning, to throw off into...characteristick quality of his poem is sublimity. He semetimes descends to the elegant, but his element is the great. He can occasionally invest himself... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - Liczba stron: 420
...materials were supplied by incessant study and unlimited curiosity. The heat of Milton's mind might be said to sublimate his learning, to throw off into...and h'is conceptions therefore were extensive. The ' chaiacteristick quality of his poem is sublimity. He sometimes descends to the elegant, but his element... | |
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The thoughts which are occasionally called forth in the progress, are such as could only be produced by an imagination in the highest degree fervid and active, to which materials were supplied by incessant study and unlimited curiosity. The heat of Milton's... 
