 | 1796 - عدد الصفحات: 690
...no limits ; they left not only reafon but fancy behind, them ; and produced combinations of confuted magnificence, that not only could not be credited,...labour, directed by great abilities, is never wholly loA : if they frequently threw away their wit upon falfe con. ceils, they likewife fometimfi ilruck... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1780 - عدد الصفحات: 726
...What they wanted however of the fublime, they endeavoured to fupply by hyperbole ; their amplification had no limits ; they left not only reafon but fancy...ftruck out unexpected truth : if their conceits were far- fetched, they were often worth the carriage. To write on their plan, it was at leaft neceifary... | |
 | 1780 - عدد الصفحات: 596
...behind them; and produced combinations ofconfufed magnificence, that not only could not be credited, bat could not be imagined. ' Yet great labour, directed...frequently threw away their wit upon falfe conceits, they likewise fometimes (Iruck out unexpected truth : if their conceit* were far-fetched, they were often... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1780 - عدد الصفحات: 590
...than he, who difiefts a fun beam with a prifm, can exhibit the wide effulgence of a Aun* ' mer noon. ' Yet great labour, directed by great abilities, is...away their wit upon falfe conceits, they likewife foroetimes ftruck out unexpected truth : if their conceits were far-fetched, they were often worth... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - عدد الصفحات: 336
...What they wanted however of the fublime, they endeavoured to fupply by hyperbole; their amplification had no limits; they left not only reafon but fancy...their wit upon falfe conceits, they likewife fometimes 7 ftruck flruck out unexpected truth : if their conceits were far-fetehed, they were often worth the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - عدد الصفحات: 494
...What they wanted however of the fublime, they endeavoured to fupply by hyperbole } their amplification had no limits ; they left not only reafon but fancy...magnificence, that not only could not be credited, hut could not be imagined. Yet great labour, directed by great abilities, is never wholly loft : if... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1783 - عدد الصفحات: 478
...they wanted hoxveyer of the fubfifrfe,< they endeavoured to fupply by hyperbole; their amplification had no limits ; they left not only reafon but fancy...could not be credited* but could not be imagined. V . fc. • * Yet great labour, directed by great abili* ties, is never wholly loft : if they frequently... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - عدد الصفحات: 494
...What they wanted however of the fublime, they endeavoured to fupply by hyperbole ; their amplification had no limits ; they left not only reafon but fancy...their wit upon falfe conceits, they likewife fometimes (truck out unexpected truth : if their conceits were far-fetched, they were often worth the carriage.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1790 - عدد الصفحات: 508
...What they wanted however of the fublime, they endeavoured to fupply by hyperbole; their amplification had no limits; they left not only reafon but fancy...away their wit upon falfe conceits, they likewife fbmetimes flruck out unexpected truth: if their conceits were far-fetched, they were often worth the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1795 - عدد الصفحات: 610
...What they wanted however of the fublime, they endeavoured to fupply by hyperbole; their amplification had no limits ; they left not only reafon but fancy...ftruck out unexpected truth: if their conceits were far fetched, they were often worth the carriage. To write on their plan, it was at leaft neceflary... | |
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... magnificence, that not only could not be credited, but could not be imagined. Yet great labour, directed by great abilities, is never wholly... 
