 | 1891 - 1590 страници
...imagined. Yet, 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. Such is Johnson's ex-, planation of the phrase and its meaning, and it must be admitted that the name... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - 1893 - 484 страници
...conceits, they likewise sometimes struck out unexpected truth: if their conceits were fir -fetched, they were often worth the carriage. To write on their...borrowed from imitations, by traditional imagery, *nd hereditary similes, by readiness of rhyme, and volubility of syllables. In perusing the works of... | |
 | 1896 - 840 страници
...imagined. Yet, 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. Such is Johnson's explanation of the phrase and its meaning, and it must be admitted that the name... | |
 | William Swinton - 1897 - 682 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...it was at least necessary to read and think. No man couid be born a metaphysical poet, nor assume « the dignity of a writer, by descriptions copied from... | |
 | 1901 - 948 страници
...imagined. Yet, if they frequently t lire w 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. Such is Johnson's explanation of the phrase and its meaning, and it must be admitted that the name... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1905 - 530 страници
...away their wit upon false con- '•'"". ceits, they likewise sometimes struck out unexpected tru1sn^;> if their conceits were far-fetched, they were often...To write on their plan it was at least necessary to 1 read and think. No man could be born a metaphysical poet, nor assume the dignity of a writer by descriptions... | |
 | Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh, Walter Raleigh - 1910 - 196 страници
...never found it, wonders how he missed ; to wit of this kind the metaphysical poets have seldom risen. If their conceits were far-fetched, they were often...plan it was at least necessary to read and think. Men have been wise in very different modes ; but they have always laughed the same way. The artifice... | |
 | Richard Lovelace - 1921 - 198 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...plan it was at least necessary to read and think." It was a happy inspiration that led the "onlie begetters" of these two volumes to issue for the delectation... | |
 | Percy Hazen Houston - 1923 - 346 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...and think. No man could be born a metaphysical poet, i. Boston, Atheiueum Press, 1899; pp. xxiv, xxv. 242 DOCTOR JOHNSON nor assume the dignity of a writer... | |
 | Kenneth Newton Colvile - 1923 - 296 страници
...world to grasp a little more of its own meaning. At its worst, as Johnson wrote, ' to write on 12* their plan it was at least necessary to read and think. No man could assume 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.... 
