 | 1796 - 690 דפים
...con. ceils, they likewife fometimfi ilruck out unexpected truth : if their conceits were far-fetched, they were often worth the carriage. To write on their plan, it was at lead neceflary to letd and think. No man could be born a mctaphyfical poet, DO: aflame the dignity... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 358 דפים
...conceits, they likewife fometimes ftruck out unexpected truth : if their conceits were far-fetched, they were often worth the carriage. To write on their plan, it was at leafl neceflary to read and think. No man could be born a metaphyfical poet, nor aflume the dignity... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1780 - 726 דפים
...particularities, the profpefts of nature, or the fcenes of life, than he, who diflcfts a fun-beam with a prifm, can exhibit the wide effulgence of a fummer noon....carriage. To write on their plan, it was at leaft neceifary to read and think. No man could be born a metaphyfical poet, nor aflume affume the dignity... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1780 - 590 דפים
...conceits, they likewife fometimes (truck out unexpected truth: if their conceits were far-fetched, they were often worth the carriage. To write on their plan, it was at lead necelTary to read and think. No man could be born a metaphyfical poet, nor afTume the'dignity... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1780 - 590 דפים
...conceits, they likewife foroetimes ftruck out unexpected truth : if their conceits were far-fetched, they were often worth the carriage. To write on their plan, it was at lead neccliary to read and think. No man could be born a metaphylical poet, nor allume the'dignity... | |
 | 1780 - 596 דפים
...far-fetched, they were often worth the carriage. To write' OD tbeir plan, it was at lead ncceffary to read and think. No man could be born a metaphyfical poet, nor afTume the dignity of a writer, by defcriptions copied from defcriptions, by imitations borrowed) from... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 498 דפים
...conceits, they likewife fometimes ftruck out unexpected truth : if their conceits were farfetched, they were often worth the carriage. To write on their plan, it was at leaft neceffary to read and think. No man could be born a metaphyfical poet, nor aflume the dignity of a... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 494 דפים
...were farfetched, they were often worth the carriage. To write on their plan, it was at leaft neceffary to read and think. No man could be born a metaphyfical poet, nor affume the dignity of a writer, by defcriptions copied from defcriptions, by imitations borrowed from... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1783 - 478 דפים
...leaft necek fary to read ami think. No man could be born a metaphyfical poet, nor affume the tHgnity of a writer, by defcriptions copied: from defcriptions, by imitations borrowed from imitations, by traditional imagery, and hereditary fimilies, by readinefs of rhyme, and volubility of fyllables* ...In... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 498 דפים
...conceits, they likewife fometimes ftruck out unexpected truth : if their conceits were far-fetched, they were often worth the carriage. To write on their...defcriptions, by imitations borrowed from imitations, by traditional imagery, and hereditary families, by readinefs of rhyme, and volubility of fyllables. In... | |
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Yet great labour directed by great abilities is never wholly lost : if they frequently threw away their wit upon false conceits, they likewise sometimes struck out unexpected truth ; if their conceits were far-fetched, they were often worth the carriage.... 
