 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1877 - 464 σελίδες
...kind of discordia concors; a combination of dissimilar images, or discovery of occult resemblances in things apparently unlike. Of wit, thus defined,...and allusions; their learning instructs, and their subtility surprises; but the reader commonly thinks his improvement dearly bought, and, though he sometimes... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1877 - 498 σελίδες
...quite admirable in its kind. He sums up their defects and their merits in two weighty sentences: " The most heterogeneous ideas are yoked by violence...the reader commonly thinks his improvement dearly bought,and, though he sometimes admires, is seldom pleased." " Yet great labor, directed by great abilities,... | |
 | 1878 - 446 σελίδες
...kind of discordia concors; a combination of dissimilar images, or discovery of occult resemblances in things apparently unlike. Of wit, thus defined,...and allusions; their learning instructs, and their subtilty surprises, but the reader commonly thinks his improvement dearly bought, and, though he sometimes... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1879 - 510 σελίδες
...how he missed them, wonders more frequently by what perverseness of ingenuity they were ever found The most heterogeneous ideas are yoked by violence...allusions ; their learning instructs and their subtlety surprizes ; but the reader commonly thinks his improvement dearly bought, and though he sometimes admires,... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 628 σελίδες
...occult resemblances in things apparently unlike. Of wit thus defined they [Donne and his followers] have more than enough. The most heterogeneous ideas...and allusions ; their learning instructs, and their subtility surprises ; but the reader commonly thinks his improvement dearly bought, and though he sometimes... | |
 | William Swinton - 1880 - 694 σελίδες
...equivalent expression. 35-40. If. . . rineu. What kind of sentence is this grammatically and rhetorically. defined, they have more than enough. The most heterogeneous...illustrations, comparisons, and allusions ; their learn- 50 ing instructs, and their subtlety surprises ; but the reader commonly thinks his improvement... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 626 σελίδες
...thus defined they [Donne and his followers] have more than enough. The most heterogeneous ideas arc yoked by violence together ; nature and art are ransacked...and allusions ; their learning instructs, and their subtility surprises ; but the reader commonly thinks his improvement dearly bought, and though he sometimes... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 634 σελίδες
...occult resemblances in things apparently unlike. Of wit thus defined they [Donne and his followers] have more than enough. The most heterogeneous ideas are yoked by violence together ; nature and a1t are ransacked for illustrations, comparisons, and allusions ; their learning instructs, and their... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 632 σελίδες
...occult resemblances in things apparently unlike. Of wit thus defined they [Donne and his followers] have more than enough. The most heterogeneous ideas are yoked by violence together; nature art are ransacked for illustrations, comparisons, and allusions ; their learning instructs, and their... | |
 | William Minto - 1881 - 596 σελίδες
...fuller licence to his ingenuity. Describing the style of the " metaphysical poets," Johnson says — " The most heterogeneous ideas are yoked by violence...and allusions ; their learning instructs, and their subtilty surprises:" and among the metaphysical poets he considers Cowley to be "undoubtedly the best."... | |
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... a combination of dissimilar images, or discovery of occult resemblances in things apparently unlike. Of wit, thus defined, they have more than enough. The most heterogeneous ideas are yoked by violence together ; nature and art are ransacked for illustrations,... 
