 | William Swinton - 1886 - 690 pages
...but could not be imagined." 189 12. Yet great labor, directed by great abilities, is never wholly 90 lost : if they frequently threw away their wit upon...unexpected truth ; if their conceits were far-fetched, they were often worth the carriage. To write on their plan, it was at least necessary to read and think.... | |
 | 1891 - 1590 pages
...combinations of confused magnificence that not only could not be credited but could not be imagined. Yet, if they frequently threw away their wit upon false...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,... | |
 | Edward Tompkins McLaughlin - 1893 - 284 pages
...confused magnificence, that not only could not be credited, but could not be imagined. Yet great labor, directed by great abilities, is never wholly lost...struck out unexpected truth ; if their conceits were far fetched, they were often worth the carriage. To write on their plan, it was at least necessary... | |
 | Edward Tompkins McLaughlin - 1893 - 288 pages
...confused magnificence, that not only could not be credited, but could not be imagined. Yet great labor, directed by great abilities, is never wholly lost...struck out unexpected truth ; if their conceits were far fetched, they were often worth the carriage. To write on their plan, it was at least necessary... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1894 - 704 pages
...and produced combinations of confused magnificence that not only could not be credited, but could not be imagined. Yet great labour, directed by great abilities,...struck out unexpected truth ; if their conceits were far fetched, they were often worth the carriage. To write on their plan it was at least necessary to... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1895 - 670 pages
...and produced combinations of confused magnificence that not only could not be credited, but could not be imagined. Yet great labour, directed by great abilities,...struck out unexpected truth ; if their conceits were far fetched, they were often worth the carriage. To write on their plan it was at least necessary to... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1895 - 660 pages
...and produced combinations of confused magnificence that not only could not be credited, but could not be imagined. Yet great labour, directed by great abilities,...struck out unexpected truth ; if their conceits were far fetched, they were often worth the carriage. To write on their plan it was at least necessary to... | |
 | Charles Edwyn Vaughan - 1896 - 366 pages
...and produced combinations of confused magnificence that not only could not be credited, but could not be imagined. Yet great labour, directed by great abilities,...unexpected truth : if their conceits were far-fetched, they were often worth the carriage. To write on their plan, it was at least necessary to read and think.... | |
 | 1896 - 840 pages
...combinations of confused magnificence that not only could not be credited but could not be imagined. Yet, if they frequently threw away their wit upon false...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... | |
 | William Tenney Brewster - 1907 - 424 pages
...and produced combinations of confused magnificence that not only could not be credited, but could not be imagined. Yet great labour, directed by great abilities,...unexpected truth : if their conceits were far-fetched, they were often worth the carriage. To write on their plan, it was at least necessary to read and think.... | |
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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.... 
