 Nor was the sublime more within their reach than the pathetic; for they never attempted that comprehension and expanse of thought which at once fills the whole mind, and of which the first effect is sudden astonishment, and the second rational admiration....  Lives - Σελίδα 11επεξεργασία από - 1800Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 410 σελίδες
...and expanse of thought which at once fills the whole mind, and of which the first effect is sudden astonishment, and the second rational admiration....writers who lay on the watch for novelty, could have little hope of greatness ; for great things cannot have escaped former observation. Their attempts... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 466 σελίδες
...and expanse of thought which at once fills the whole mind, and of which the first effect is sudden astonishment, and the second rational admiration....descending to minuteness. It is with great propriety that subtilty, which in its original import means exility of particles, is taken in its metaphorical meaning... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 476 σελίδες
...t...&udden astonishment, and the second rational admiration. Sublimityisproducedbyaggregation,and 3/_ littleness by dispersion. Great thoughts are always...descending to minuteness. It is with great propriety that subtilty, which in its original import means exility of particles, is taken in its metaphorical meaning... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 470 σελίδες
...and -expanse of thought which at once fills the whole mind, and of which the first effect is sudden astonishment, and the second rational admiration....always general, and consist in positions not limited by exfceptions, and in descriptions not descending to minuteness. It, as with great propriety that subtilty,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1821 - 502 σελίδες
...which the first effect is sudden astonishment, and the second rational admiration. Sublimity isproduced by aggregation, and littleness by dispersion. Great...descending to minuteness. It is with great propriety that subtilty, which in its original import means exility of particles, is taken in its metaphorical meaning... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 306 σελίδες
...and expanse of thought which at once fills the whole mind, and of which the first effect is sudden astonishment, and the second rational admiration....writers who lay on the watch for novelty could have little hope of greatness; for great things cannot have escaped former observation. Their attempts were... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1824 - 484 σελίδες
...and expanse of thought which at once fills the whole mind, and of which the first effect is sudden astonishment, and the second rational admiration....descending to minuteness. It is with great propriety that subtilty, which in its original import means exility of particles, is taken in its metaphorical meaning... | |
 | George Walker - 1825 - 668 σελίδες
...and expanse of thought which at once fills the whole mind, and of which the first effect is sudden astonishment, and the second rational admiration....writers who lay on the watch for novelty, could have little hope of greatness ; for great things cannot have escaped former observation. Their attempts... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 674 σελίδες
...and expanse of thought which at once fills the whole mind, and of which the first effect is sudden astonishment, and • the second rational admiration....metaphorical meaning for nicety of distinction. Those rf writers who lay on the watch for novelty could have little ' hope of greatness ; for great things... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 508 σελίδες
...and-expanse of thought which, at once, fills the whole mind, and of which, the first effect is sudden astonishment, and the second, rational admiration....descending to minuteness. It is with great propriety that subtilty, which, in its original import, means exility of particles, is taken, in its metaphorical... | |
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