 | 1802 - 684 pages
...nature had bellowed upon hint more bountifully than upon others ; the power of difplaying the vail, illuminating the fplendid, enforcing the awful, darkening...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
...please when pleasure is required j but it is his peculiar power to astonish. He seems to have been well acquainted with his own genius, and to know what it was that Nature had bestowed upon him more bountifully than upon others; the power of display ing the vast, illuminating... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 322 pages
...loftiness. He can please when pleasure is required, but it is his peculiar power to astonish. " He seems to be well acquainted with his own genius, and to know what it was that Nature had bestowed upon him more bountifully than upon others — the power of displaying the vast, illuminating... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 482 pages
...pleafe when pleafure is required ; but it is his peculiar power to aftonifh. He feems to have been well acquainted with his own genius, and to know what...Nature had beftowed upon him more bountifully than upon -ethers; the power of difplaying the vaft, illuminating the fpJendid, enforcing the awful, darkening... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 336 pages
...please when .pleasure is required; but it is his peculiar power to astonish. He seems to have been well acquainted with his own genius, and to know what it was that Nature had bestowed upon him more bountifully than upon others; the power of displaying the vast, illuminating... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1807 - 402 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 slid ; on which he might tire bit fancy, without the... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 514 pages
...him more bountifully than upon where; 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 tbe censure... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1809 - 400 pages
...hints given ps in the Sacred Scriptures, he was able to raife fo complete and * " He feems to have been well acquainted with his own " genius, and to know..." awful, darkening the gloomy, and aggravating the dreadfuj. " He therefore chofe a fubject, on which too much could not b? " faid;' on which he might... | |
 | John Milton, Henry John Todd - 1809 - 414 pages
...pleafe when pleafure is required ; but it is his peculiar power to aftoni(h. He feems to have been well acquainted with his own genius, and to know what...him more bountifully than upon others ; the power of difplayiug the vaft, illuminating the fplendid, enforcing the awful, darkening the gloomy, and aggravating... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 476 pages
...please when pleasure is required ; but it is his peculiar power to astonish. He seems to have been well acquainted with his own genius, and to know what it was that Nature had bestowed upon him more bountifully than upon others ; the pow( r of displaying the vast, illuminating... | |
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He seems to have been well acquainted with his own genius, and to know what it was that nature had bestowed upon him more bountifully than upon others; the power of displaying the vast, illuminating the splendid, enforcing the awful, darkening the gloomy,... 
