 Nor was the sublime more within their reach than the pathetic ; for they never attempted that comprehension and expanse of thought which at once fills the whole mind, and of which the first effect is sudden astonishment, and the second rational admiration....  The Works of Mr. A. Cowley: In Prose and Verse - Page xxxby Abraham Cowley - 1809Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 pages
...and expanse of thought whic'fi at once fAluhe whole mind, and of which the first effect is'sudderi astonishment, and the second rational admiration....consist in positions not limited by exceptions, and in descriptions not descending to minuteness. It is with great propriety that Subtlety, which in its original... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1802 - 614 pages
...within their reach than the pathetic, for they did not attempt that comprehension and expanse of thought which at once fills the whole mind, and of which the...astonishment, and the second rational admiration.' p. xii. Cowley, Butler, Roscommon, Rochester, Buckingham, Dorset, Waller, Otway, Phillips, Wycherley,... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...their reach than the pathetick; for they never attempted that comprehension and expanse of thought which at once fills the whole mind, and of which the...consist in positions not limited by exceptions, and in descriptions not descending to minuteness. It is with great propriety that Subtlety, which in its original... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 594 pages
...vol. 2, p. 149. SUBLIMITY. Sublimity is produced by aggregation, and littleness by ditpersion. — Great thoughts are always general, and consist in positions not limited by exceptions, and in descriptions not descending to minuteness. Life of Cowley. SCIENCE, Divide and conquer, is a principle... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 336 pages
...their reach than the pathetick ; for they never attempted that comprehension and expanse of thought which at once fills the whole mind, and of which the...consist in positions not limited by exceptions, and in descriptions not descending to minuteness. It is with great propriety that Subtlety, which in its original... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1809 - 296 pages
...their reach than the pathetick ; for they never attempted that comprehension and expanse of thought which at once fills the whole mind, and of which the...littleness by dispersion. Great thoughts are always genera}, and consist in positions not limited by exceptions, and in descriptions not descending to... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 560 pages
...; for they never attempted that comprehension and expanse of thought, which at once fills the whola mind, and of which the first effect is sudden astonishment,...consist in positions not limited by exceptions, and in descriptions not descending to minuteness. It is witfi great propriety that subtlety, which in its... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 476 pages
...their reach than the pathetick ; for they never attempted that comprehension and expanse of thought which at once fills the whole mind, and of which the...effect is sudden astonishment, and the second rational admi- ' ration. Sublimity is produced by aggregation, and littleness by dispersion. Great thoughts... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 420 pages
...their reach than the pathetick ; for they never attempted that comprehension and expanse of thought which at once fills the whole mind, and of which the...consist in positions not limited by exceptions, and in descriptions not descending to minuteness. It is with great propriety that subtlety, which in its original... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 486 pages
...their reach than the pathetic ; for they never attempted that comprehension and expanse of thought which at once fills the whole mind, and of which the...consist in positions not limited by exceptions, and in descriptions not descending to minuteness. It is with great propriety that Subtlety, which in its original... | |
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