 | Richard Lovelace - 1921 - Liczba stron: 198
...unsympathetically concerning this School in his famous Life of Cowley, said with his accustomed penetration, " Yet great labour, directed by great abilities, is...conceits, they likewise sometimes struck out unexpected [ xiv ] truth ; if their conceits were far-fetched, they were often worth the carriage. To write on... | |
 | David Patrick, William Geddie - 1926 - Liczba stron: 882
...combinations of confused magnificence that not only could not be credited but could not be imagined. Yet, if they frequently threw away their wit upon false...conceits, they likewise sometimes struck out unexpected troth : if their conceits were far-fetched, they were often worth the carriage. Such is Johnson's explanation... | |
 | Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh, Walter Raleigh - 1926 - Liczba stron: 236
...What they wanted of the sublime they endeavoured to supply by hyperbole ; . . . they left not only reason but fancy behind them, and produced combinations...could not be credited, but could not be imagined." The " Spasmodics," like the writers of " Heroic" plays in Dryden's time, generated from the corruption... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1927 - Liczba stron: 378
...unexpected and surprising." " Their wish was only to say what they hoped had been never said before." They " produced combinations of confused magnificence that...could not be credited, but could not be imagined." How similar are the criticisms of other enemies of the Baroque, who are surprised, almost impressed,... | |
 | 1880 - Liczba stron: 1128
...deny that there was something to be said in their favour. Great labour, directed by great ability, is never wholly lost ; if they frequently threw away...far-fetched, they were often -worth the carriage. ... If their greatness seldom elevates, their acuteness often surprises ; if the imagination is not... | |
 | Frank Brady, William Wimsatt - 1978 - Liczba stron: 655
...sublime, they endeavored to supply by hyperbole; their amplification had no limits; they left not only reason but fancy behind them; and produced combinations...not 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 upon... | |
 | Palgrave Macmillan Ltd - 1990 - Liczba stron: 622
...sublime they endeavoured to supply by hyperbole;* their amplification had no limits: they left not only reason but fancy behind them, and produced combinations...magnificence that not only could not be credited, but could 80 not be imagined. Yet great labour directed by great abilities is never wholly lost: if they frequently... | |
 | Julia Ashtiany - 1990 - Liczba stron: 552
...Metaphysicals, these poets "left not only reason but fancy behind them" and "produced combinations . . . that not only could not be credited, but could not be imagined". Ibn al-Muctazz's energies were directed towards the discovery of new and startling comparisons: the... | |
 | Stephen H. Webb - 1993 - Liczba stron: 226
...sublime they endeavored to supply by hyperbole; their amplification had no limits: they left not only reason but fancy behind them, and produced combinations...could not be credited, but could not be imagined" (21). Nevertheless, "they likewise sometimes struck out unexpected truth: if their conceits were far-fetched,... | |
 | Tim Fulford - 1996 - Liczba stron: 274
...what was generally spoken, was surpassed in both cases, although he added of the metaphysicals that 'they likewise sometimes struck out unexpected truth:...were farfetched, they were often worth the carriage' (Lives, vol. i, pp. 20—1). Even as he advocated a writing whose authority was of a communal, apparendy... | |
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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,... 
