 | History - 1796 - 690 pages
...characters of Waller and Dryden are in thr f.ime malterly ftylc. " A» much of Waller's reputation was owed to the foftnefs and fmoothnefs of his numbers; it...proper to confider thofe minute particulars to which a verfifycr mull attend. " He certainly very much excelled in fmoo'.hnefsinoll of thewritrrs who were... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 358 pages
...are too fimple for eloquence, too facred for fiction, and too majeftick for ornament ; to recommend them by tropes and figures, is to magnify by a concave...fidereal hemifphere. As much of Waller's reputation was owed to the foftnefs and fmoothnefs of his Numbers ; it is proper to confider thofe minute particulars... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - English literature - 1779 - 510 pages
...are too fimple for eloquence, too facred for fiction, and too majeftick for ornament ; to recommend them by tropes and figures, is to magnify by a concave mirror the fidereal hemisphere.' £ TÍ be continued. ] A Supplement to Dr. Swift'* Works : bang a Colledkn of Miß ellanies... | |
 | Books - 1780 - 596 pages
...are tco fimple for eloquence, too facied for fiction, and too majeftic for ornament ; to recommend them by tropes and figures, is to magnify by a concave mirror the fidereal hemifphere.' It is thus that he very properly accounts for the failure of Waller in his facred poems, and not their... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - Periodicals - 1780 - 590 pages
...are too fimple for eloquence, too facred for fiction, and too majellic for ornament; to 1 recommend them by tropes and figures, is to magnify by a concave mirror the fidereal hemii'phere.' It is thus that he very properly accounts for the failure of Waller in his facred poems,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1780 - 726 pages
...characters of Wäller and Dryden are in the fame mallerly llyle. ". As much of Waller's repatatîon was owed to the foftnefs and fmoothnefs of his numbers ; it is proper to confider thole minute particulars to which a verfifyer mult attend. " He certainly very much excelled in fmoothnefs... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 498 pages
...concave hiirrbr the fldereal hemifphere; As m'tich of Waller's reputation was ow-« ed to the fofrnefs and fmoothnefs of his Numbers ; it is proper to confider thofe. minute particulars to which a verfifyer muft attend. He ceftainiy very much excelled in fmbothnefs moft of the writers who were living, when... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 494 pages
...are too fimple for eloquence, too facred for fiction^ and too majeftick for ornament ; to recommend them by tropes and figures, is to magnify by a concave mirror the fidereal hemifpheres > - As much o"f Waller's reputation was ow* ed to the foftnefs and fmoothnefs of his Numbers... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1783 - 478 pages
...too' fimple for eloquence, too facred for fiction, and too majeftick for brhafcnent ; to recommend them by tropes and figures^ is to magnify by a concave mirror the fidereal hemifphere." rr ( <-{;. ; .:-.: •; '.-*., . .! ; "»'.; ..-i ;x.^ --. : As much of Waller's reputation was owing... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 494 pages
...are too fimple for eloquence, too facred for fiction, and too majeftick for ornament ; to recommend them by tropes and figures, is to magnify by a concave...hemifphere. As much of Waller's reputation was owing to the ifoftnefs and fmoothnefs of his Numbers ; it is proper to confider thofe minute particulars to which... | |
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The ideas of Christian theology are too simple for eloquence, too sacred for fiction, and too majestic for ornament; to recommend them by tropes and figures, is to magnify by a concave mirror the sidereal hemisphere. 
