 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 410 pages
...frequently threw away their wit upon false conceits, they likewise sometimes struck out unexpected truth: if their conceits were far-fetched, they were often...man could be born a metaphysical poet, nor assume tlie dignity of a writer, by descriptions copied from descriptions, by imitations borrowed from imitations,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1820 - 470 pages
...frequently threw away their wit upon false conceits, they likewise sometimes struck out unexpected truth : if their conceits were far-fetched, they were often...imitations, by traditional imagery, and hereditary similes, Jby readiness of rhyme, and volubility of syllables. In perusing the works of this race of authors,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1824 - 450 pages
...frequently threw away their wit upon false conceits, they likewise sometimes struck out unexpected truth: if their conceits were far-fetched, they were often...necessary to read and think. No man could be born In perusing the works of this race of authors, the mind is exercised either by recollection or inquiry;... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Great Britain - 1825 - 512 pages
...frequently threw away their wit upon false conceits, they, likewise, sometimes struck out unexpected truth ; if their conceits were far-fetched, they were often...by readiness of rhyme, and volubility of syllables n. In perusing the works of this race of authors, the mind is exercised either by recollection or inquiry... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1826 - 430 pages
...frequently threw away their wit upon false conceits, they likewise sometimes struck out unexpected truth: if their conceits were far-fetched, they were often...and hereditary similes, by readiness of rhyme, and voluhility of syllables. In pernsing the works of this race of authors, the mind is exercised either... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1834 - 722 pages
...frequently threw »way their wit upon false conceits, they likewise sometimes strack out unexpected truth : if their conceits were far-fetched, they were often...think. No man could be born a metaphysical poet, nor aseume the dignity of a writer, by descriptions copied from descriptions, by imitations borrowed from... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 406 pages
...those who were trained up in the school of Dryden. " To write on their plan," he has truly said, " it was at least necessary to read and think. No man...by readiness of rhyme and volubility of syllables." Johnson has also said, that the veneration with which Dryden's name is pronounced by every cultivator... | |
 | 1836 - 808 pages
...and by Falkland, who united the esteem and affection of all parties. No man, it has been well said, could be born a metaphysical poet, nor assume the...descriptions copied from descriptions, by imitations borroued from imitations, by traditional imagery and hereditary similes, by readiness of rhyme and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 752 pages
...frequently threw away their wit upon false conceits, they likewise sometimes strack out unexpected truth : cularly the tragedian. II virtuous authors must be...much of a sublime genius, though without common s cnpied from descriptions, by imitations borrowed from imitations, by traditional imagery, and hereditary... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1838 - 716 pages
...frequently threw away their wit upon false conceits, they likewise sometimes struck out unexpected truth : if their conceits were far-fetched, they were often...least necessary to read and think. No man could be bom a metaphysical poet, nor assume the dignity of a writer, by descriptions copied from descriptions,... | |
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To write on their plan it was, at least, necessary to read and think. No man could be born a metaphysical poet, nor assume the dignity of a writer, by descriptions copied from descriptions, by imitations borrowed from imitations, by traditional imagery,... 
