 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1877 - 498 σελίδες
...abilities, is never wholly lost, if they frequently threw away their wit upon false conceits, they likewise struck out unexpected truth; if their conceits were farfetched, they were often worth the currying." site perception of points of analogy and points of contrast too subtle for common observation.... | |
 | 1878 - 446 σελίδες
...labour, directed by great abilities, is never wholly lost: if they frequently threw away their wil upon false conceits, they likewise sometimes struck...imitations, by traditional imagery, and hereditary similes, by readiness of rhyiuo, and volubility of syllables. In perusing the works of this race of... | |
 | William Swinton - 1880 - 694 σελίδες
...great labor, directed by great abilities, is never wholly 90 lost: if they frequently threw away their wit upon false conceits, they likewise sometimes struck...man could be born a metaphysical poet, nor assume 95 the dignity of a writer, by descriptions copied from descriptions, by imitations borrowed from imitations,... | |
 | Thomas Sergeant Perry - 1883 - 500 σελίδες
...great labor, directed by great ability, is never wholly lost ; if they frequently threw away their wit upon false conceits, they likewise sometimes struck...were far-fetched, they were often worth the carriage. ... If their greatness seldom elevates, their acuteness often surprises; if the imagination is not... | |
 | Thomas Sergeant Perry - 1883 - 498 σελίδες
...great labor, directed by great ability, is never wholly lost ; if they frequently threw away their wit upon false conceits, they likewise sometimes struck...were far-fetched, they were often worth the carriage. ... If their greatness seldom elevates, their acuteness often surprises; if the imagination is not... | |
 | Thomas Sergeant Perry - 1883 - 490 σελίδες
...labor, directed by great ability, is never wholly lost; if they frequently threw away their wit'upon false conceits, they likewise sometimes struck out...were far-fetched, they were often worth the carriage. ... If their greatness seldom elevates, their acuteness often surprises; if the imagination is not... | |
 | William Swinton - 1886 - 690 σελίδες
...great labor, directed by great abilities, is never wholly 90 lost : if they frequently threw away their wit upon false conceits, they likewise sometimes struck...man could be born a metaphysical poet, nor assume v. the dignity of a writer, by descriptions copied from descriptions, •by imitations borrowed from... | |
 | William Swinton - 1887 - 686 σελίδες
...it was at least necessary to read and think. No man could be born a metaphysical poet, nor assume 95 the dignity of a writer, by descriptions copied from...imitations, by traditional imagery and hereditary similes, by readiness of rhyme and volubility* of syllables. 13. In perusing the works of this race... | |
 | 1891 - 1590 σελίδες
...not only could not be credited but could not be imagined. Yet, if they frequently threw away their wit upon false conceits, they likewise sometimes struck...were far-fetched, they were often worth the carriage. Such is Johnson's ex-, planation of the phrase and its meaning, and it must be admitted that the name... | |
 | Edward Tompkins McLaughlin - 1893 - 286 σελίδες
...conceits, they likewise sometimes struck out unexpected truth ; if their conceits were far fetched, they were often worth the carriage. To write on their...imitations, by traditional imagery and hereditary similes, by readiness of rhyme and volubility of syllables. In perusing the works of this race of authors,... | |
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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... 
