 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....  Lives - Page 11edited by - 1800Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1846 - 714 pages
...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....its metaphorical meaning for nicety of distinction. rl hose writers who lay on the watch for novelty, could have little hope of greatness ; for great things... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 346 pages
...their lamentation of sorrow. Their wish was only to say what they hoped had never been said before. is produced by aggregation, and littleness by dispersion....writers who lay on the watch for novelty could have little hope of greatness, for great things cannot have escaped former observation. Their attempts were... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 468 pages
...with great propriety that subtlot), which in its original imjwrt means exilitj- of particles, is Inkon in its metaphorical meaning for nicety of distinction....writers who lay on the watch for novelty could have little hope of greatness ; for great things cannot have escaped former observation. Their attempts... | |
 | William Russell - English language - 1856 - 240 pages
...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....consist in positions not limited by exceptions, and descriptions not descending to minuteness. It is with great propriety that subtlety, which, in its... | |
 | Richard Crashaw, Francis Quarles, George Gilfillan - Emblems - 1857 - 414 pages
...comprehension and expanse of mind, which at once filled the whole mind, and of which the first effect is sudden astonishment, and the second rational admiration....writers who lay on the watch for novelty could have little hope of greatness; for great things cannot have escaped former observation. Their attempts were... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1858 - 418 pages
...ancTih deserTptrons not descending to minuteness. It is with grBOlT'pTOpriety that subtlety, whicK in its original import means exility of particles,...Those writers who lay on the watch for novelty, could have_ little hope oTgreatncss; fgt greaTThTngs cannot have escaped former observation. Their atteinpir... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1864 - 460 pages
...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....dispersion. Great thoughts are always general, and «itun» !!«• h, l» M ; ^either ^ »*t Wtt, ni*Amt*eA from its effects i imy \m mirn r^Kuo-Ay mA... | |
 | Casket - 1873 - 912 pages
...and expanse of thought which at once fills the whole mind, and of which the first etlect is sudden l » gn* little hope of greatness; for great things cannot have escaped former observation. Their attempts were... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1877 - 464 pages
...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....writers who lay on the watch for novelty could have little hope of greatness ; for great things cannot have escaped former observation. Their attempts... | |
 | Readers - 1878 - 446 pages
...and expanse of thought which at once fills the whole mind, and of which the first efiect is sudden astonishment, and the second rational admiration....writers who lay on the watch for novelty could have little hope of greatness; for great things cannot have escaped former observation. Their attempts were... | |
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