 Nor was the sublime more within their reach than the pathetic; for they never attempted that comprehension and expanse of thought which at once fills the whole mind, and of which the first effect is sudden astonishment, and the second rational admiration....  Lives - Pàgina 11editat per - 1800Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 336 pàgines
...and expanse of thought which at once fills the whole mind, and of which the first effect is sudden astonishment, and the second rational admiration....writers who lay on the watch for novelty could have little hope of greatness : for great things cannot have escaped former observation. Their attempts... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1806 - 294 pàgines
...and expanse of thought which at once fills the whole mind, and of which the first effect is sudden astonishment, and the second rational admiration....thoughts are always general, and consist in positions not limhed by exceptions, and in descriptions not descending to minuteness. It is with great propriety... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 482 pàgines
...exceptions, and in defcriptions not defcending to minutenefs. It is with great propriety that Subtelty, which in its original import means exility of particles,...is taken in its metaphorical meaning for nicety of diftinction. Thofe writers who lay on the watch for novelty could have little hope of greatnefs ; for... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1809 - 296 pàgines
...and expanse of fliought which at once fills the whole mind, and of which the first effect is sudden astonishment, and the second rational admiration....consist in/ positions not limited by exceptions, and in de- \ scriptions not descending to minuteness. It is I with great propriety that subtlety, which in... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1809 - 296 pàgines
...and expanse of thought which at once fills the whole mind, and of which the first effect is sudden astonishment, and the second rational admiration....littleness by dispersion. Great thoughts are always genera}, and consist in positions not limited by exceptions, and in descriptions not descending to... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 476 pàgines
...mind, and of which the first effect is sudden astonishment, and the second rational admi- ' ration. Sublimity is produced by aggregation, and littleness...writers who lay on the watch for novelty could have little hope of greatness ; for great things cannot have escaped former observation. Their attempts... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 560 pàgines
...and expanse of thought, which at once fills the whola mind, and of which the first effect is sudden astonishment, and the second rational admiration....in descriptions not descending to minuteness. It is witfi great propriety that subtlety, which in its original import means exility of particles, is taken... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 420 pàgines
...and expanse of thought which at once fills the whole mind, and of which the first effect is sudden astonishment, and the second rational admiration....writers who lay on the watch for novelty, could have little hope of greatness ; for great things cannot have escaped former observation. Their attempts... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 420 pàgines
...and expanse of thought which at once fills the whole mind, and of which the first effect is sudden astonishment, and the second rational admiration....writers who lay on the watch for novelty, could have little hope of greatness ; for great things cannot have escaped former observation. Their attempts... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 486 pàgines
...and expanse of thought which at once fills the whole mind, and of which the first effect is sudden astonishment, and the second rational admiration....writers who lay on the watch for novelty could have little hope of greatness ; for great things cannothaveescapedformer observation. Their attempts were... | |
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