 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 - 1825 - 506 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 exilitv of particles, is taken, in its metaphorical... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 512 σελίδες
...exceptions, and in descriptions not descending to minuteness. It is with great propriety that subtilty, which, in its original import, means exility of particles,...writers who lay on the watch for novelty could have little hope of greatness ; for great things cannot have escaped former observation. Their attempts... | |
 | Richard Lloyd - 1825 - 392 σελίδες
...night, and engender a more salubrious state of atmosphere. It is well observed by Dr. Johnson, ' that sublimity is produced by aggregation, and littleness...and in descriptions not descending to minuteness.' ' Does Demosthenes,' says abbe Maxiry, ' refute an argument r he does not discuss it, — he proposes... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1826 - 430 σελίδες
...ihatcomprehensionand expanse of thought which at once fills the whole mind, and which the first effect is sndden astonishment, and the second rational admiration....dispersion. Great thoughts are always general, and consists in positions not limited by ez, and in descriptions not descending to minutenees. J t is with... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1834 - 722 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... | |
 | Charles Richardson - 1836 - 136 σελίδες
...xiü. 22. SUBTLE. Each man subtileth a sleight« Synne for to hide.— Piers Houhmm's Vision, v. 13876. It is with great propriety that subtlety, which in...its original import means exility of particles, is takes in its metaphorical meaning for nicety of distinction. SUB-VERT. Whan foreothe Ood had subvertid... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 752 σελίδες
...and expanse of thought which at once tills the whole mind, and of which the first effect is sudden ankind we hopo to be included ; little hope of greatness ; for great things cannot have escaped former observation. Their attempts... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1838 - 716 σελίδες
...and expanse of thought which at once tills the whole mind, and of which the first effect is sudden astonishment, and the second rational admiration....aggregation, and littleness by dispersion. Great thoughts arc always general, and consist in positions not limited by exceptions, and in descriptions not descending... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 522 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....nicety of distinction. Those writers who lay on the watcli for novelty could have little hope of greatness ; for great things cannot have escaped former... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1842 - 716 σελίδες
...second rational admiration. Sublimity is produced byaggregation, and littleness by dispersion. Great 1 cmarkabln is known to have befallen h>ni, except that,...treatise on education, upon an occasion which ho relates little hope of greatness ; for great things cannot have escaped former observation. Their attempt;... | |
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