 | 1796 - 690 sayfa
...particularities, the profpefts of naturf, or the fcenes of life, than he, who difi'ccls a fun -beam with a prilm, can exhibit the wide effulgence of a fummer noon....labour, directed by great abilities, is never wholly loA : if they frequently threw away their wit upon falfe con. ceils, they likewife fometimfi ilruck... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1780 - 726 sayfa
...no limits ; they left not only reafon but fancy behind them ; and produced combinations of confufed magnificence, that not only could not be credited,...ftruck out unexpected truth : if their conceits were far- fetched, they were often worth the carriage. To write on their plan, it was at leaft neceifary... | |
 | 1780 - 596 sayfa
...behind them; and produced combinations ofconfufed magnificence, that not only could not be credited, bat could not be imagined. ' Yet great labour, directed...frequently threw away their wit upon falfe conceits, they likewise fometimes (Iruck out unexpected truth : if their conceit* were far-fetched, they were often... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1780 - 590 sayfa
...than he, who difiefts a fun beam with a prifm, can exhibit the wide effulgence of a Aun* ' mer noon. ' Yet great labour, directed by great abilities, is...away their wit upon falfe conceits, they likewife foroetimes ftruck out unexpected truth : if their conceits were far-fetched, they were often worth... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1780 - 590 sayfa
...only reafon but fancy behind them; and produced combinations ofconfufed magnificence, that not tfnly could not be credited, but could not be imagined....Yet great labour, directed by great abilities, is never'wholly loft : if they frequently threw away their wit upon falfe conceits, they likewife fometimes... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 494 sayfa
...no limits ; they left not only reafon but fancy behind them ; and produced combinations of confufed magnificence, that not only could not be credited,...their wit upon falfe conceits, they likewife fometimes (truck out unexpected truth : if their conceits were far-fetched, they were often worth the carriage.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1795 - 610 sayfa
...no limits ; they left not only reafon but fancy behind them ; and produced combinations of confufed magnificence, that not only could not be credited,...ftruck out unexpected truth: if their conceits were far fetched, they were often worth the carriage. To write on their plan, it was at leaft neceflary... | |
 | 1801 - 860 sayfa
...they left not only reafon but fancy behind, and produced combinations of confufed magnificence, which not only could not be credited, but could not be imagined....frequently threw away their wit upon falfe conceits, they fometimes ftruck out unexpected truth ; if their thoughts were far-fetched, they were fometimes worth... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 476 sayfa
...limits ; they left not only reafon but • fency behind them ; and produced combinations of confnfed magnificence, that not only could not be credited,...Yet great labour, directed by great abilities, is Sever wholly loft; if they frequently threw away their wit upon falle conceits, they likewife fometimes... | |
 | 1802 - 684 sayfa
...no limits ; they left not only reaforr and fancy behind them, and produced combinations of confufed magnificence, that not only could not be credited, but could not be imagined. Yet great labour, direfled by great abilities, is never whol/y loft: if they frequently threw away their wit upon ralfe... | |
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What they wanted however of the sublime, they endeavoured to supply by hyperbole; their amplification had no limits; they left not only reason but fancy behind them; and produced combinations of confused magnificence, that not only could not be credited,... 
