 What they wanted, however, of the sublime, they endeavoured to supply by hyperbole ' their amplification had no limits ; they left not only reason but fancy behind them, and produced combinations of confused magnificence that not only could not be credited,...  The works of Samuel Johnson - Page 18by Samuel Johnson - 1818Full view - About this book
 | 1796 - 690 pages
...no limits ; they left not only reafon but fancy behind, them ; and produced combinations of confuted magnificence, that not only could not be credited,...labour, directed by great abilities, is never wholly loA : if they frequently threw away their wit upon falfe con. ceils, they likewife fometimfi ilruck... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 358 pages
...no limits; they left not only rcafon but fancy behind them ; and produced combinations of confufed magnificence, that not only could not be credited,...labour, directed by great abilities, is never wholly loft : if they frequently threw away their wit upon falfe conceits, they likewife fometimes ftruck... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1780 - 726 pages
...no limits ; they left not only reafon but fancy behind them ; and produced combinations of confufed magnificence, that not only could not be credited,...labour, directed by great abilities, is never wholly loft : if they frequently threw away their wit upon falfe conceits, they likewife fometimes ftruck... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1780 - 590 pages
...only reafon but fancy behind them; and produced combinations ofconfufed magnificence, that not tfnly could not be credited, but could not be imagined....Yet great labour, directed by great abilities, is never'wholly loft : if they frequently threw away their wit upon falfe conceits, they likewife fometimes... | |
 | 1780 - 596 pages
...behind them; and produced combinations ofconfufed magnificence, that not only could not be credited, bat could not be imagined. ' Yet great labour, directed by great abilities, is never wholly loft : if they frequently threw away their wit upon falfe conceits, they likewise fometimes (Iruck... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 498 pages
...no limits ; they left not only reafon but fancy behind them ; and produced combinations of confuted magnificence, that not only could not be credited,...labour, directed by great abilities, is never wholly loft : if they frequently threw away their wit upon falfe conceits, they likewife fometimes ftruck... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 494 pages
...them ; and produced combinations of confufed magnificence, that not only could not be credited, hut could not be imagined. Yet great labour, directed by great abilities, is never wholly loft : if they frequently threw away their wit upon falfe conceits, they likewife fometimes ftruck... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1783 - 478 pages
...no limits ; they left not only reafon but fancy behind them ; and produced combinations of confufed magnificence, that not only could not be credited* but could not be imagined. V . fc. • * Yet great labour, directed by great abili* ties, is never wholly loft : if they frequently... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 494 pages
...no limits ; they left not only reafon but fancy behind them ; and produced combinations of confufed magnificence, that not only could not be credited,...labour, directed by great abilities, is never wholly loft : if they frequently threw away their wit upon falfe conceits, they likewife fometimes (truck... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 498 pages
...no limits ; they left not only reafon but fancy behind them ; and produced combinations of confufed magnificence, that not only could not be credited,...labour, directed by great abilities, is never wholly loft : if they frequently threw away their wit upon falfe conceits, they likewife fometimes ftruck... | |
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