 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - عدد الصفحات: 498
...no limits ; they left not only reafon but fancy behind them ; and produced combinations of confufed magnificence, that not only could not be credited,...labour, directed by great abilities, is never wholly loft : if they frequently threw away their wit upon falfe conceits, they likewife fometimes ftruck... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - عدد الصفحات: 478
...had no limits; they left not only reafon but fancy behind them; and produced combinations of confufed magnificence, that not only could not be credited,...labour, directed by great abilities, is never wholly loft; if they frequently threw away their wit upon falfe conceits, they likewife fometimes ftruck out... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1795 - عدد الصفحات: 610
...no limits ; they left not only reafon but fancy behind them ; and produced combinations of confufed magnificence, that not only could not be credited,...labour, directed by great abilities, is never wholly loft : if they frequently threw away their wit upon falfe conceits, they likewife fometimes ftruck... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - عدد الصفحات: 714
...produced combinations of confused magnificence, that n only could not be credited, but could net he imagined. Yet great labour, directed by great abilities, is never wholly lost : if thery fi quently threw away their wit upon false conceits, they likewise sometin struck" out unexpected... | |
 | 1801 - عدد الصفحات: 860
...they left not only reafon but fancy behind, and produced combinations of confufed magnificence, which not only could not be credited, but could not be imagined....labour, directed by great abilities, is never wholly loft: if they frequently threw away their wit upon falfe conceits, they fometimes ftruck out unexpected... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - عدد الصفحات: 476
...limits ; they left not only reafon but • fency behind them ; and produced combinations of confnfed magnificence, that not only could not be credited,...Yet great labour, directed by great abilities, is Sever wholly loft; if they frequently threw away their wit upon falle conceits, they likewife fometimes... | |
 | 1802 - عدد الصفحات: 684
...no limits ; they left not only reaforr and fancy behind them, and produced combinations of confufed magnificence, that not only could not be credited, but could not be imagined. Yet great labour, direfled by great abilities, is never whol/y loft: if they frequently threw away their wit upon ralfe... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - عدد الصفحات: 716
...cublime, they endeavoured to supply by hyperbole; their amplification had no limits; they left not only reason but fancy behind them ; and produced combinations...magnificence, that not only could not be credited, but could net be imagined. Yet great labour, directed by great abilities, is never wholly lost : if they frequently... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - عدد الصفحات: 482
...limits ; they left not not only reafon but fancy behind them ; and produced combinations of confnfed magnificence, that not only could not be credited,...labour, directed by great abilities, is never wholly loft : if they frequently threw away their wit upon falfe conceits, theylikewife fometimes frruck out... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - عدد الصفحات: 476
...no limits ; they left not only reason but fancy behind them ; and produced combinations of donfused magnificence, that not only could not be credited,...likewise sometimes struck out unexpected truth: if their conceitswere far-fetched, they were often worth the carriage. To write on their plan it was at least... | |
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What they wanted, however, of the sublime, they endeavoured to supply by hyperbole - their amplification had no limits - they left not only reason but fancy behind them, and produced combinations of confused magnificence that not only could not be credited,... 
