 | William Cowper - 1853 - 526 страници
...to those who were trained up in the school of Dryden. "To write on their plan," he has truly said, " it was at least necessary to read and think. No man...could be born a metaphysical poet, nor assume the 14 The same kind of reformation has been thus described in France, I know not by what author : L'n... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 468 страници
...wholly lost : if they frequently threw away their wit upon false conceits, they likewise sometimes struck out unexpected truth ; if their conceits were...their plan, it was at least necessary to read and t hi iik. No man could be born a metaphysical poet, nor assume the dignity of a writer, by descriptions... | |
 | William Russell - 1856 - 240 страници
...wholly lost : if they frequently threw away their wit upon false conceits, they likewise sometimes struck out unexpected truth : if their conceits were...descriptions, by imitations borrowed from imitations, by hereditary similes, by readiness of rhyme, and volubility of syllables. In perusing the works of this... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1858 - 418 страници
...unexpected truth: if thlitr" conceits were far.fetched, they were often wurttrftie carriage. To write 011 their plan it was at least necessary to read and think....writer, by descriptions copied from descriptions, byjimitations borrowed from imitations, by traditional imagery, and hereditary similes, by readiness... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1877 - 498 страници
...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.... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1877 - 464 страници
...never wholly lost: if they frequently threw away their wit upon false conceits, they likewise sometimes struck out unexpected truth; if their conceits were far-fetched, they were often worth the carriaga To write on thenplan, it was at least necessary to read and think. No man could be born a... | |
 | William Swinton - 1880 - 694 страници
...wholly 90 lost: if they frequently threw away their wit upon false conceits, they likewise sometimes struck out unexpected truth ; if their conceits were...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 страници
...wholly lost ; if they frequently threw away their wit upon false conceits, they likewise sometimes struck out unexpected truth ; if their conceits 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 страници
...never wholly lost; if they frequently threw away their wit'upon false conceits, they likewise sometimes struck out unexpected truth; if their conceits 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 страници
...wholly 90 lost : if they frequently threw away their wit upon false conceits, they likewise sometimes struck out unexpected truth ; if their conceits were...man could be born a metaphysical poet, nor assume v. the dignity of a writer, by descriptions copied from descriptions, •by imitations borrowed from... | |
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Yet great labour, directed by great abilities, is never wholly lost : if they frequently threw away their wit upon false conceits, they likewise sometimes struck out unexpected truth : if their conceits were far-fetched, they were often worth the carriage.... 
