 | Fabio L. Vericat, Fabio L. Vericat Pérez-Mínguez - Literary Criticism - 2004 - 294 pages
...English Poets. But negative in so far as Johnson is implying indirect praise. These are Johnson's words: "Yet great labour directed by great abilities is never...unexpected truth; if their conceits were farfetched they were often worth the carriage."58 Eliot exploits this negative praise as a vehicle to translate... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1821 - 474 pages
...conceits, they likewise sometimes struck out unexpected truth : if their conceits were far-fetched, they were often worth the carriage. To write on their plan,...born a metaphysical poet, nor assume the dignity of 3 writer, by descriptions copied from descriptions, by imitations borrowed from imitations, by traditional... | |
 | Great Britain - 1880 - 1132 pages
...deny that there was something to be said in their favour. Great labour, directed by great ability, is never wholly lost; if they frequently threw away...unexpected truth; if their conceits were far-fetched, they were often worth the carriage. ... If their greatness seldom elevates, their acuteness often surprises;... | |
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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.... 
