 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 - the power of displaying the vast, illuminating the splendid, enforcing the awful, darkening the gloomy,...  The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. - Страница 158по Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820Пълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | Hugh Blair - 1807 - 402 страници
...bestowed upon him more bountifully than upon others; the power of displaying; the vast, illuminating the splendid, enforcing the awful, darkening the gloomy,...therefore chose a subject, on which too much could not be slid ; on which he might tire bit fancy, without the censure of e1travagance." DK. J0HNSoN'S Life of... | |
 | John Milton, Henry John Todd - 1809 - 414 страници
...him more bountifully than upon others ; the power of difplayiug the vaft, illuminating the fplendid, enforcing the awful, darkening the gloomy, and aggravating the dreadful: he therefore chofe a fubje6t on which too much could not be faid, on which he might tire his fancy without the cenfure... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 476 страници
...bestowed upon him more bountifully than upon others ; the pow( r of displaying the vast, illuminating the splendid, enforcing the awful^ darkening the gloomy, and aggravating the dreadful; he therefore * Algarotti terms it gigantesca sublimiti. Miltonlana. Dr. J. chose chose a subject on which too much... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 420 страници
...bestowed upon him more bountifully than upon others ; the power of displaying the vast, illuminating the splendid, enforcing the awful, darkening the gloomy,...are, requires a minute attention, and employs the memoryrather than the fancy. Milton's ' delight was to sport in the wide regions of possibility ; reality... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1811 - 400 страници
...bestowed " upon him more bountifully than upon others ; the power of " displaying the vast, illuminating the splendid, enforcing the " awful, darkening the...his fancy, without the censure of " extravagance." Bit. JOHNSON'S Life of Miltonregular a structure ; and to fill his poem with such a variety of incidents.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 420 страници
...bestowed upon him more bountifully than upon ' others ; the power of displaying the vast, illuminat: ing the splendid, enforcing the awful, darkening the gloomy,...which he might tire his fancy without the censure i of extravagance. The appearances of nature, and the occurrences of life did not satiate his appetite... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1811 - 732 страници
...bestowed upon her more bountifully than upon others the power of displaying the vast, illuminating the splendid, enforcing the awful, darkening the gloomy, and aggravating the dreadful." That which perhaps may be first noticed as the quality which places Mrs Siddons above all living rivalry,... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1813 - 830 страници
...the vast, illuminating the splendid, exposing the awful, darkening the gloomy, and aggravating tlie dreadful : he therefore chose a subject on which too...occurrences of life, did not satiate his appetite for greatness. To paint things as they are requires a minute attention, and employs the memory rjihcr... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1819 - 788 страници
...than upon rlh«r-, the power if displaying the vast, illuminating the splendid, exposing the an fill, darkening the gloomy, and aggravating the dreadful:...a subject on which too much could not be said, on uhich be might tire his fancy without the censure of extravagance. " The appearances of nature, and... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1815 - 582 страници
...bestowed upon him more bountifully thsn upon others : the power of displaying the vast, illuminating the splendid, -enforcing the awful, darkening: the...subject, on which too much could not be said ; on »hich he might tire Ita fancy, without the censure of extravagance." Dr. JOB 5 sen's Ufe ef Mfltsn.... | |
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