 | Samuel Johnson - 1840 - Liczba stron: 522
...sublime, they endeavoured to supply by hyperbole; their amplification had no limits ; they left not only reason but fancy behind them ; and produced combinations...directed by great abilities, is never wholly lost: if {hey frequently threw away their wit upon false conceits, they likewise sometimes struck out unexpected... | |
 | Liczba stron: 590
...poets." Of these poets, however, after some severe strictures, that critic justly observes : — " Yet great labour, directed by great abilities, is...conceits, they likewise sometimes struck out unexpected truths — if their conceits were far-fetched, they were often worth the carriage. To write on their... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1846 - Liczba stron: 714
...sublime, they endeavoured to supply by hyperbole ; their amplification had no limits ; they left not only reason but fancy behind them ; and produced combinations,...conceits, they likewise sometimes struck out unexpected tmth : if their conceits were far-fetched, they were often worth the carriage. To write on their plan... | |
 | James Stuart Murray Anderson - 1848 - Liczba stron: 796
...in his day, and of whose members Johnson, in his admirable Life of Cowley, has truly said, that, ' if they frequently threw away their wit upon false conceits, they likewise struck out some unexpected truth : if their conceits were far-fetched, they were often worth the carriage... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - Liczba stron: 472
...(TRfHteflj but COuld "ftt bq imaging / Yet great labour, directed by gfteat^bilities, is.aeyer-wJiolly : if they frequently threw away their wit upon false...conceits, they likewise sometimes struck out unexpected trutbj if their conceits were far-fetched, they were often worth the carriage. To write on their plan,... | |
 | William Russell - 1856 - Liczba stron: 240
...they 14* endeavored to supply by hyperbole ; their amplification had no limits ; they left not only reason but fancy behind them ; and produced combinations...be credited, but could not be imagined. Yet great labor, directed by great abilities, is never wholly lost : if they frequently threw away their wit... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1858 - Liczba stron: 418
...pro3uced~comblnatibns oT_con,fus.e"d"magnlficence, that not only could riol Be credTtedlJtjut.QQuld notfbe imaginedYet great labour, directed by great abilities, is never...likewise sometimes struck out unexpected truth: if thlitr" conceits were far.fetched, they were often wurttrftie carriage. To write 011 their plan it... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1876 - Liczba stron: 506
...commonly thinks his improvement dearly bought, and, though he sometimes admires, is seldom pleased." "Yet great labour, directed by great abilities, is...away their wit upon false conceits, they likewise struck out unexpected truth ; if their conceits were far fetched, they were often worth the carrying."... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1876 - Liczba stron: 508
...commonly thinks his improvement dearly bought, and, though he sometimes admires, is seldom pleased." "Yet great labour, directed by great abilities, is...away their wit upon false conceits, they likewise struck out unexpected truth ; if their conceits were far fetched, they were often worth the carrying."... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1877 - Liczba stron: 464
...summer noon. endeavoured to supply by hyperbole ; their amplification had no limits; they left not only reason but fancy behind them; and produced combinations...conceits were far-fetched, they were often worth the carriaga To write on thenplan, it was at least necessary to read and think. No man could be born a... | |
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What they wanted, however, of the sublime, they endeavoured to supply by hyperbole - their amplification had no limits - they left not only reason but fancy behind them, and produced combinations of confused magnificence that not only could not be credited,... 
