 | Thomas Sergeant Perry - 1883 - Liczba stron: 500
...hoped had never been said before." Yet, he acknowledged, " great labor, directed by great ability, is never wholly lost ; if they frequently threw away...were far-fetched, they were often worth the carriage. ... If their greatness seldom elevates, their acuteness often surprises; if the imagination is not... | |
 | Thomas Sergeant Perry - 1883 - Liczba stron: 498
...hoped had never been said before." Yet, he acknowledged, " great labor, directed by great ability, is never wholly lost ; if they frequently threw away...were far-fetched, they were often worth the carriage. ... If their greatness seldom elevates, their acuteness often surprises; if the imagination is not... | |
 | Thomas Sergeant Perry - 1883 - Liczba stron: 482
...hoped had never been said before." Yet, he acknowledged, " great labor, directed by great ability, is never wholly lost ; if they frequently threw away...unexpected truth ; if their conceits were farfetched, they we»'e often worth the carriage. ... If their greatness seldom elevates, their acuteness often surprises;... | |
 | Thomas Sergeant Perry - 1883 - Liczba stron: 490
...labor, directed by great ability, is never wholly lost; if they frequently threw away their wit'upon false conceits, they likewise sometimes struck out...were far-fetched, they were often worth the carriage. ... If their greatness seldom elevates, their acuteness often surprises; if the imagination is not... | |
 | William Swinton - 1886 - Liczba stron: 690
...they endeav-8; ored 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. 76. exility, thinness, fineness. 82. concclts, fancies. 86. hyperhole. See Def. 84. 87. faney, imagination.... | |
 | 1891 - Liczba stron: 1590
...wanted they endeavoured to supply by hyperbole— their amplifications had no limits, they left not only reason but fancy behind them, and produced combinations...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... | |
 | William Swinton - 1891 - Liczba stron: 686
...sublime, thcyw/deavored 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 eredited, but could not be imagined" 12. Yet great labor, directed by great abilities, is never wholly... | |
 | Edward Tompkins McLaughlin - 1893 - Liczba stron: 286
...sublime they endeavored to supply by hyperbole ; their amplifications 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... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - 1893 - Liczba stron: 484
...hyperbole; their amplifications had no limits; they left not only reason but fancy behind them; imd produced combinations of confused magnificence, that...could not be imagined. Yet great labour, directed l>y great abilities, is never wholly lost; if tb-y frequently threw away their wit upon false conceits,... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1894 - Liczba stron: 704
...sublime, they endeavoured to supply by hyperbole ; their amplification had no limits ; they left not only reason but fancy behind them, and produced combinations...struck out unexpected truth ; if their conceits were far fetched, they were often worth the carriage. To write on their plan it was at least necessary to... | |
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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,... 
