 ... buried in impurities as not to pay the cost of their extraction. The diction, being the vehicle of the thoughts, first presents itself to the intellectual eye; and if the first appearance offends, a further knowledge is not often sought. Whatever...  The Works of Abraham Cowley - Pàgina lxxxviiiper Abraham Cowley - 1806Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 pàgines
...presents itself to the intellectual eye : and if the first appearance offends, a further knowledge is not often sought. Whatever professes to benefit by...of the mind imply something sudden and unexpected; fear which elevates must always surprise. What is perceived by slow degrees may gratify us with consciousness... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pàgines
...present's itself to the Intellectual eye : and if the first appearance offends, a further knowledge is not often sought. Whatever professes to benefit by...elevates must always surprise. What is perceived by slow dsgrees may gratify vis with consciousness of improvement, but will never strike witjir the sense of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 336 pàgines
...presents itself to the intellectual eye : and if the first appearance offends, a further knowledge is not often sought. Whatever professes to benefit by...sudden and unexpected ; that which elevates must always surprize. What is perceived by slow degrees may gratify us with consciousness of improvement, bdt will... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1809 - 296 pàgines
...presents itself to the intellectual eye ; and if the first appearance offends, a further knowledge' is not often sought. Whatever professes to benefit by...strike with the sense of pleasure. , Of all this, Gowley appears to have been without knowledge, or without care. He makes no selection of words, nor... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 476 pàgines
...presents itself to the intellectual eye : and if the first appearance offends, a further knowledge is not often sought. Whatever professes to benefit by...What is perceived by slow degrees may gratify us with the consciousness of improvement, but will never strike with the sense of pleasure. Of all this, Cowley... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 486 pàgines
...presents itself to the intellectual eye : and if the first appearance offends, a further knowledge is not often sought. Whatever professes to benefit by...What is perceived by slow degrees may gratify us with the consciousness of improvement, but will never strike with the sense of pleasure. Of all this, Cowley... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 470 pàgines
...presents itself to the intellectual eye : and if the first appearance offends, a further knowledge is not often sought. Whatever professes to benefit by...What is perceived by slow degrees may gratify us with the consciousness of improvement, but will never strike with the sense of pleasure. Of all this, Cowley... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 466 pàgines
...presents itself to the intellectual eye : and if the first appearance offends, a further knowledge is not often sought. Whatever professes to benefit by...What is perceived by slow degrees may gratify us with the consciousness of improvement, but will never strike with the sense of pleasure. Of all this, Cowley... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 348 pàgines
...presents itself to the intellectual eye : and if the first appearance offends, a further knowledge is not often sought. Whatever professes to benefit by...but will never strike with the sense of pleasure. no elegances either lucky or elaborate : as his endeavours were rather to impress sentences upon the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1823 - 652 pàgines
...presents itself to the intellectual eye : and if the first appearance offends, a further knowledge is not often sought. Whatever professes to benefit by...What is perceived by slow degrees may gratify us with the consciousness of improvement, but will never strike with the sense of pleasure. Of all this, Cowley... | |
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