 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,...  The works of Samuel Johnson - Sayfa 18Samuel Johnson tarafından - 1818Tam görünüm - Bu kitap hakkında
 | Hans Meier - 1916 - 124 sayfa
...war ihm ein Greuel. Die Metaphysical Poets, wie er Donne, Suckling, Waller, Denham, Cowley nennt,197) left not only reason but fancy behind them, and produced...that not only could not be credited, but could not be imagined.198) Andererseits paßt ihm eine allzu einfache Sprache auch nicht. Darüber spricht er sich... | |
 | David Patrick, William Geddie - 1926 - 882 sayfa
...what they wanted they endevoured to supply by hyperbole — their amplifications had no limits, tliey left not only reason but fancy behind them, and produced...could not be credited but could not be imagined. Yet, if they frequently threw away their wit upon false conceits, they likewise sometimes struck out unexpected... | |
 | Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh, Walter Raleigh - 1926 - 234 sayfa
...the Spasmodics :".... What they wanted of the sublime they endeavoured to supply by hyperbole ; . . . they left not only reason but fancy behind them, and...could not be credited, but could not be imagined." The " Spasmodics," like the writers of " Heroic " plays in Dryden's time, generated from the corruption... | |
 | 1880 - 1128 sayfa
...deny that there was something to be said in their favour. Great labour, directed by great ability, is never wholly lost ; if they frequently threw away...were far-fetched, they were often worth the carriage. ... If their greatness seldom elevates, their acuteness often surprises ; if the imagination is not... | |
 | Julia Ashtiany - 1990 - 552 sayfa
...Metaphysicals, these poets "left not only reason but fancy behind them" and "produced combinations . . . that not only could not be credited, but could not be imagined". Ibn al-Muctazz's energies were directed towards the discovery of new and startling comparisons: the... | |
 | Stephen H. Webb - 1993 - 226 sayfa
...wanted however of the sublime they endeavored to supply by hyperbole; their amplification had no limits: they left not only reason but fancy behind them, and...could not be credited, but could not be imagined" (21). Nevertheless, "they likewise sometimes struck out unexpected truth: if their conceits were far-fetched,... | |
 | Tim Fulford - 1996 - 274 sayfa
...what was generally spoken, was surpassed in both cases, although he added of the metaphysicals that 'they likewise sometimes struck out unexpected truth:...were farfetched, they were often worth the carriage' (Lives, vol. i, pp. 20-1). Even as he advocated a writing whose authority was of a communal, apparently... | |
 | José Garcez Ghirardi - 2000 - 154 sayfa
...que as apontava, quer pela admiração com que eram enunciadas:" Yet great labour directed bygreat abilities is never wholly lost: if they frequently...struck out unexpected truth: if their conceits were far-fetcbed, they were often wortb the carríage.(..) If their greatness seldom elevates, their acuteness... | |
 | Philip Smallwood - 2003 - 234 sayfa
...and the blame. This is the center of gravity on which his judgment of metaphysical poetry is poised: "Yet great labour directed by great abilities is never...far-fetched, they were often worth the carriage." 50 Dual-valuation criteria of this kind enable critics to articulate their mixed feelings—the coexistence... | |
 | Fabio L. Vericat, Fabio L. Vericat Pérez-Mínguez - 2004 - 294 sayfa
...English Poets. But negative in so far as Johnson is implying indirect praise. These are Johnson's words: "Yet great labour directed by great abilities is never...conceits were farfetched they were often worth the carriage."58 Eliot exploits this negative praise as a vehicle to translate the poetic qualities of... | |
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