 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 σελίδες
...great labour, directed by great abilities, is never wholly lost : if they frequently threw away their wit upon false conceits, they likewise sometimes struck...unexpected truth : If their conceits were far-fetched, thev were often worth the carriage. To write on their plan, it was at least necessary to read and think.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 336 σελίδες
...great labour, directed by great abilities, is never w.holly lost; if they frequently threw away their wit upon false conceits, they likewise sometimes struck...imitations, by traditional imagery, and hereditary similies, by readiness of rhyme, and volubility of syllables. In perusing the works of this race of... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1806 - 294 σελίδες
...great labour, directed by great abilities, is never wholly lost : if they frequently threw away their wit upon false conceits, they likewise sometimes struck...imitations, by traditional imagery, and hereditary similies, by readiness of rhyme, and volubility of syllables. In perusing the works of this race of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 482 σελίδες
...wholly loft : if they frequently threw away their wit upon falfe conceits, theylikewife fometimes frruck out unexpected truth : if their conceits were far-fetched,...worth the carriage. To write on their plan it was at leaft neceflary to read and think. No man could be born a metaphyfical poet, nor aflurne the dignity... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1809 - 296 σελίδες
...great labour, directed by great abilities, is never wholly lost : if they frequently threw away their wit upon false conceits, they likewise sometimes struck...To write on their plan, it was at least .necessary tn rMfl fl"H th'"V. W" man could be/ born a metaphysical poet, nor assume the dignity of a writer by... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 560 σελίδες
...groat abilities, is never wholly lost : if they frequently threw away their wit upon false conceks, they likewise sometimes struck out unexpected truth:...metaphysical poet, nor assume the dignity of a writer, by dc. scriptions copied from descriptions, by imitations borrowed from imitations, by traditional imagery,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 476 σελίδες
...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 conceitswere far-fetched, they were often worth the carriage. To write on their plan it was at least... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 420 σελίδες
...labour, directed by great abilities, is never wholly lost: if they frequently threw away their wil upon false conceits, they likewise sometimes struck...assume the dignity of a writer, by descriptions copied ft om descriptions, by imitations borrowed from imitations, by traditional imagery, and hereditary... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 486 σελίδες
...great labour, directed by great abilities, is never wholly lost ; if they frequently threw away their wit upon false conceits, they likewise sometimes struck...imitations, by traditional imagery, and hereditary similies, by readiness of rhyme, and volubility of syllables. In perusing the works of this race of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 410 σελίδες
...great labour, directed by great abilities, is never wholly lost : if they frequently threw away their wit upon false conceits, they likewise sometimes struck...man could be born a metaphysical poet, nor assume tlie dignity of a writer, by descriptions copied from descriptions, by imitations borrowed from imitations,... | |
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To write on their plan, it was at least necessary to read and think. No 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... 
