 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1809 - 462 pàgines
...upon this subject; admitting that any translation partakes of the character of "sacred poems;" that " the reader justly expects, and from good poetry always...of his comprehension, and elevation of his fancy; [and that] this is rarely to be hoped by Christians from metrical devotion;" (since " whatever is great,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 452 pàgines
...which attract, and the concealment of those which repel, the imagination ; but religion must be shown as it is; suppression and addition equally corrupt...metrical devotion. Whatever is great, desirable, or tremendous, is comprised in the name of the Supreme Being. Omnipotence cannot be exalted ; infinity... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 420 pàgines
...which attract, and the concealment of those which repel, the imagination: but religion must be shown as it is ; suppression and addition equally corrupt...metrical devotion. Whatever is great, desirable, or tremendous, is comprised in the name of the Supreme Being. Omnipotence cannot be exalted; infinity... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 466 pàgines
...which attract, and the concealment of those which repel the imagination: but religion must be showed as it is : suppression and addition equally corrupt...metrical devotion. Whatever is great, desirable, or tremendous, is comprised in the name of the Supreme Being. Omnipotence cannot be exalted; infinity... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1821 - 502 pàgines
...which attract, and the concealmentof those which repel, the imagination: but Religion must be shown as it is; suppression and addition equally corrupt...metrical devotion. Whatever is great, desirable, or tremendous* is comprised in the name of the Supreme Being. Omnipotence cannot be exalted; Infinity... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1821 - 474 pàgines
...concealment of those which repel, the imagination: but religion must be shewn as it is ; suppression ajid addition, equally corrupt it ; and such as. it is,...metrical devotion» Whatever is great, desirable, or tremendous, is comprised in the name of the Supreme Being. Omnipotence cannot be exalted; Infinity... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 280 pàgines
...which attract, and the concealment of those which repel, the imagination: but religion must be shown as it is; suppression and addition equally corrupt...metrical devotion. Whatever is great, desirable, or tremendous, is comprised in the name of the Supreme Being. Omnipotence cannot be exalted ; Infinity... | |
 | Charles Burton - 1823 - 234 pàgines
...seems to have made an aberration from his usual acuteness of discrimination. We quote his own words: "From Poetry the reader justly expects, and from good Poetry always obtains, the enlargement of hig comprehension,and the elevation of his fancy; but this is rarely to be hoped for, by Christians,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 556 pàgines
...which attract, and the concealment of those which repel the imagination : but religion must be shown as it is; suppression and addition equally corrupt...metrical devotion. Whatever is great, desirable, or tremendous, is comprised in the name of the supreme being. Omnipotence cannot be exalted ; infinity... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 504 pàgines
...which attract, and the concealment of those which repel the imagination : but religion must be shown as it is ; suppression and addition equally corrupt...metrical devotion. Whatever is great, desirable, or tremendous, is comprised in the name of the supreme being. Omnipotence cannot be exalted; infinity... | |
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shewn as it is; suppression and addition equally corrupt it; and such as it is, it is known already. From poetry the reader justly expects, and from good poetry always obtains, the enlargement of his comprehension and elevation of his fancy ; but this... 
