 | Charles Butler - 1824 - 372 страници
...to have been well acquainted with his own genius, and to know, what it was that nature bestowed on him, more bountifully than upon others ; the power...darkening the gloomy, and aggravating the dreadful." Such was Milton ; such certainly was Handel. Something of a revolution, in the musical taste of this... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1824 - 510 страници
...too tragic (or epic p«etry. The nature of the subject did not admit any great display of charac* " He seems to have been well acquainted with his own genius, and to know what it was that nature Intil bestowed upon him more bountifully than upon others : the power of delaying the vast, illuminating... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 506 страници
...grace ; but his natural port is gigantick loftinessi. He can please, when pleasure is required ; but it is his peculiar power to astonish. He seems to have...genius, and to know what it was that nature had bestowed npon him more bountifully than upon others ; the power of displaying the vast, illuminating the splendid,... | |
 | 918 страници
...but his natural port was gigantic loftiness. He could please, when pleasure was required ; but it was his peculiar power to astonish. He seems to have been well acquainted with his own genius, and to have known what it was that nature had bestowed upon him more bountifully than upon others, — the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 674 страници
...but his natural port • is gigantick loftiness.* He can please when pleasure is ' required; but it is his peculiar power to astonish. He seems to have been well acquainted with his own * AIgaroUiterm»itgigaul«ct«uWimila MiKartiana. Dr. J. genius, and to know what it was thai,Nature... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1826 - 430 страници
...grace ; but his natural port is gigantic loftiness.* He can please when pleasure ia required ; but it is his peculiar power to astonish. He seems to have...own genius, and to know what it was that Nature had bestowtid opon him more bountifully than upon others; the power of displaying the vast, illuminating... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1829 - 648 страници
...The attempt to describe God Almighty himself, and to recount dialogues between the Father "He srvnu to have been well acquainted with his own genius,...him more bountifully than upon others : the power of d,splaymg the vast, illuminating the splendid, enforcing the awful, darkening the gloomy, and aggravating... | |
 | 1830 - 812 страници
...grace, but his natural port is gigantic loftiness. He can please, when pleasure is required; but it is his peculiar power to astonish. He seems to have been well acquainted with his own genins, and to know what it was that nature bestowed on him, more bountifully than upon others; the... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1833 - 654 страници
...distinctions. The attempt to describe God Almighty himself, and to recount dialogues between the Father * " He seems to have been well acquainted with his own genius, and to know what it was that nature had bestowei upon him more bountifully than upon others : the power of displaying the vast, illuminating... | |
 | 1837 - 474 страници
...the great. He can occasionally invest himself with grace, but his natural post is gigantic loftiness. He seems to have been well acquainted with his own genius, and to have known what it was that nature had bestowed upon him more bountifully than upon others ; — the... | |
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He seems to have been well acquainted with his own genius, and to know what it was that nature had bestowed upon him more bountifully than upon others... 
