 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1780 - 590 pàgines
...of fentiment, and very little from norelty of expreflion. ' Contemplative piety, cr the ^ntcrcourfe between God and the. human foul, cannot be poetical....Man admitted to implore the mercy of his Creator, ar.d plead the mcriis of his Redeemer, is al-> ready in a higher Hate than poetry can confer. ' Poetry... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1780 - 590 pàgines
...of fcntimenr, and very little from novelty of expreilion. ' Contemplative piety, or the jnrercourfe between God and the. human foul, cannot be poetical....Man admitted to implore the mercy of his Creator, ar.d plead the merits of his Redeemer, is al-¡ ready in a higher Hate than poetry can confer. ' Poetry... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 498 pàgines
...praife the Maker for his works in lines which no reader fhall lay afide. The fubject of the difputation is not piety, but the motives to piety ; that of the...the merits of his Redeemer, is already in a higher frate than poetry can confer. * The eflence of poetry is invention ; fuch, invention as, by producing... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1783 - 478 pàgines
...or the intercourse between God and the human foul, dannot be poetical. Man admitted to implore fhe mercy of his Creator, and plead the merits of his Redeemer, is already in a higher frate than poetry can confer.. The effence of poetry is invention ; fuch invention as, by producing... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 498 pàgines
...; that of the defcription is not God, but the works of God, Contemplative piety, or the intereourfe between God and the human foul, cannot be poetical. Man admitted to implore the merey of his Creator, and plead the merits of his Redeemer, is already in a higher ftate ' than poetry... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 344 pàgines
...afide. The fubjeft of the difputation is not pi.ty, but the motives to piety ; that of the detcription is not God, but the works of God. Contemplative piety,...cannot be poetical. Man admitted to implore the mercy VOL. II. F 'of of his Creator, and plead the merits 6f his Redeemer, is already in a higher ftate than... | |
 | Henry Hunter - 1794 - 508 pàgines
...fubject of the difputation is not piety, but the motives to piety ; that of the defcription is riot God, but the works of- God. " Contemplative piety,...Creator, and plead the merits of his Redeemer, is atready in a higher' ftate than poetry can confer. " The effence of poetry is invention ; fuch invention... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 pàgines
...God, but the works of God. Contemplative piety, or the intercourse between God and the human soul, cannot be poetical. Man admitted to implore the mercy...the merits of his Redeemer, is already in a higher stare than poetry can confer. The essence of poetry is invention; such invention as, by producing something... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pàgines
...God, but the works of God. Contemplative piety, or the intercourse between God and the human soul, cannot be poetical. Man admitted to implore the mercy...the merits of his Redeemer, is already in a higher state than poetry can confer. The essence of poetry is invention ; such invention as, by producing... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 594 pàgines
...God, but the works of God. Contemplative piety, or the intercourse between God and the human soul, cannot be poetical. Man admitted to implore the mercy...the merits of his Redeemer, is already in a higher state than poetry can confer. The essence of poetry is invention; such invention as, by producing something... | |
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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. 
