| Samuel Johnson - 1790 - 508 pages
...enforcing the awful, darkening the gloomy, and aggravating the dreadful; he therefore chofe a fubjecl: on which too much could not be faid, on which he might tire his fancy without the genfure of extravagance. The appearances of nature, and the occurrences of life, did not fatiate his... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 478 pages
...beftowed upon him more bountifully than upon, others ; the power of difplaying the vaft, illuminating the fplendid, enforcing the awful, darkening the gloomy, and aggravating the dreadful; he therefore * A\garQtt\termt\tgigaattfcafu&limi/aMiittniana> DJ chofe a fubject on which too much could not be... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1795 - 610 pages
...beftowed upon him more bountifully than upon others ; the power of difplaying the vaft, illuminating the fplendid, enforcing the awful, darkening the gloomy,...and aggravating the dreadful : he therefore chofe a Tubject on which too much could not be faid, on which he might tire his fancy without the cenfure of... | |
| 1796 - 692 pages
...bellowed upon him more bountifully than upon others ; the power of difplaying the vaft, illuminating the fplendid, enforcing the awful, darkening the gloomy,...faid, on which he might tire his fancy without the cenfute of extravagance. The appearances of nature, and the occurrences of life, did not fatiate his... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1797 - 278 pages
...upon him more bountifully than upon, others ; the power of difplaying the vaft, illuminating • the fplendid, enforcing the awful, darkening the gloomy,...and aggravating the dreadful. He therefore chofe a fubject on which too much could not be faid, on; which he might tire his fancy without the cenfure... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 pages
...him more bountifully than upon others; the power of displaying the vast, illuminating the splendid, enforcing the awful, darkening the gloomy, and aggravating the dreadful ; he therefore chose a subject on which too much could not be said, on which he might tire his fancy without the censure... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 476 pages
...beftowed upon him more bountifully than upon others; the power of difplaying the vaft, illuminating the fplendid, enforcing the awful, darkening the gloomy, and aggravating the dreadful ; he therefore •* Algarotti terms it gigantefcafublimita Mlltonlana. Dr. J. cliofe a fubject an which too much could... | |
| 1802 - 684 pages
...bellowed upon hint more bountifully than upon others ; the power of difplaying the vail, illuminating the fplendid, enforcing the awful, darkening the gloomy, and aggravating the dreadful: he therefore chufe a fubjeft on which too much could not be faid, on which he might tire his fancy without the cenfure... | |
| Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...him more bountifully than upon others; the power of display ing the vast, illuminating the splendid, enforcing the awful, darkening the gloomy, and aggravating the dreadful ; he therefore chose a subject on which too much could not be said, on which he might tira his fancy without the censure... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 322 pages
...more bountifully than upon others — the power of displaying the vast, illuminating the splendid, enforcing the awful, darkening the gloomy, and aggravating the dreadful. He therefore chose a subject on \vhich too much could not be said, on which he might tire his fancy without the... | |
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