 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 410 halaman
...poetical. Man, admitted to implore the mercy of his Creator, and plead the merits of his Redeemer, is already in a higher state than poetry can confer....something unexpected, surprises and delights. The topicks of devotion are few, and being few are universally known ; but few as they are, they can be... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1819 - 644 halaman
...poetical. Man, admitted to implore the mercy of his Creator, and plead the merits of his Redeemer, is already in a higher state than poetry can confer....producing something unexpected, surprises and delights. Tbe topics of devotion are few, and being few are universally known ; but, few as they are, they can... | |
 | 1829 - 828 halaman
...constrained, by the overpowering force of his reasoning, to acquiesce in his decision. If, as he observes, " the essence of poetry is invention, such invention...producing something unexpected, surprises and delights," poetry in this sense is an unfit vehicle for the topics of devotion, which " being few are universally... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 476 halaman
...poetical. Man, admitted to implore the mercy of his Creator^ and plead the merits of his Redeemer, is already in a higher state than poetry can confer....something unexpected, surprises and delights. The topicks of devotion are few, and being few are universally known ; but, few as they are, they can be... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 280 halaman
...poetical. Man, admitted to implore the mercy of his Creator, and plead (he merits of his Redeemer, is already in a higher state than poetry can confer....can be made no more ; they can receive no grace from uovelty of sentiment, and very little from novelty of expression. Poetry pleases by exhibiting an idea... | |
 | John Watkins - 1822 - 452 halaman
...position with his wonted eloquence and ingenuity. " The essence of poetry," says that great critic, " is invention ; such invention as, by producing something...few, and being few are universally known ; but few as there are, they can be made no more ; they can receive no grace from novelty of sentiment, and very... | |
 | John Watkins - 1822 - 476 halaman
...position with his wonted eloquence and ingenuity. " The essence of poetry," says that great critic, " is invention ; such invention as, by producing something...few, and being few are universally known; but few as there are, they can be made no more ; they can receive no grace from novelty of sentiment, and very... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1823 - 652 halaman
...poetical. Man, admitted to implore the mercy of his Creator, and plead the merits of his Redeemer, is already in a higher state than poetry can confer....something unexpected, surprises and delights. The topicks of devotion arc few, and being few are universally known ; but, few as they are, they can be... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1824 - 450 halaman
...attained their end is sufficiently known, and it may not be improper to enquire why they have miscarried. The essence of poetry is invention; such invention...something unexpected, surprises and delights. The topicks of devotion a* Contemplative piety, or the intercourse between God and the human soul, cannot... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 674 halaman
...poetical. Man, admitted to implore the mercy of his Creator, and plead the merits of his Redeemer, is already in a higher state than poetry can confer....such invention as, by producing something unexpected, surprizes and delights. The topicks of devotion are few, and being few are universally known; but,... | |
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Contemplative piety, or the intercourse between God and the human soul, cannot be poetical. Man, admitted to implore the mercy of his Creator, and plead the merits of his Redeemer, is already in a higher state than poetry can confer. The essence of poetry... 
