 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....  The Works of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. - Pągina 26per Samuel Johnson - 1811Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1901 - 948 pągines
...only could not be credited but could not be imagined. Yet, if they frequently t lire w away their wit upon false conceits, they likewise sometimes struck...were far-fetched, they were often worth the carriage. Such is Johnson's explanation of the phrase and its meaning, and it must be admitted that the name... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1905 - 530 pągines
...away their wit upon false con- '•'"". ceits, they likewise sometimes struck out unexpected tru1sn^;> if their conceits were far-fetched, they were often...To write on their plan it was at least necessary to 1 read and think. No man could be born a metaphysical poet, nor assume the dignity of a writer by descriptions... | |
 | William Tenney Brewster - 1907 - 424 pągines
...labour, directed by great abilities, is never wholly lost: if they frequently threw away their wit upon false conceits, they likewise sometimes struck...assume the dignity of a writer, by descriptions copied from descriptions, by imitations borrowed from imitations, by traditional imagery and hereditary similes,... | |
 | Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh, Walter Raleigh - 1910 - 196 pągines
...never found it, wonders how he missed ; to wit of this kind the metaphysical poets have seldom risen. If their conceits were far-fetched, they were often...plan it was at least necessary to read and think. Men have been wise in very different modes ; but they have always laughed the same way. The artifice... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1911 - 664 pągines
...conceits, they likewise sometimes struck out unexpected truth ; if their conceits were far fetched, they were often worth the carriage. To write on their...assume the dignity of a writer, by descriptions copied from descriptions, by imitations borrowed from imitations, by traditional imagery and hereditary similes,... | |
 | Richard Lovelace - 1921 - 198 pągines
...labour, directed by great abilities, is never wholly lost; if they frequently threw away their wit upon false conceits, they likewise sometimes struck...plan it was at least necessary to read and think." It was a happy inspiration that led the "onlie begetters" of these two volumes to issue for the delectation... | |
 | Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson - 1921 - 316 pągines
...But to play with thoughts it is necessary to think. ' To write on their plan ', says Dr. Johnson, ' it was at least necessary to read and think. No man...assume the dignity of a writer, by descriptions copied from descriptions, by imitations borrowed from imitations, by traditional imagery and hereditary similes,... | |
 | Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson - 1921 - 316 pągines
...think. ' To write on their plan ', says Dr. Johnson, ' it was at least necessary to read and think, ^fo man could be born a metaphysical poet, nor assume the dignity of a writer, by descriptions copied from descriptions, by imitations borrowed from imitations, by traditional imagery and hereditary similes,... | |
 | John Ker Spittal - 1923 - 436 pągines
...labour, directed by great abilities, is never wholly lost ; if they frequently threw away their wit upon false conceits, they likewise sometimes struck...assume the dignity of a writer, by descriptions copied from descriptions, by imitations borrowed from imitations, by traditional imagery, and hereditary similes,... | |
 | Percy Hazen Houston - 1923 - 346 pągines
...great labour directed by great abilities is never wholly lost: if they frequently threw away their wit upon false conceits, they likewise sometimes struck...and think. No man could be born a metaphysical poet, i. Boston, Atheiueum Press, 1899; pp. xxiv, xxv. 242 DOCTOR JOHNSON nor assume the dignity of a writer... | |
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