 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,...  Literary and Theological Review - Pàgina 81editat per - 1838Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 478 pàgines
...loftinefs *. He can 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 it was that Nature had beftowed upon him more bountifully than upon, others ; the power of difplaying the vaft, illuminating... | |
 | 1794 - 494 pàgines
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 | Samuel Johnson - 1795 - 610 pàgines
...loftinefs *. He can 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 it was that Nature had beftowed upon him more bountifully than upon others ; the power of difplaying the vaft, illuminating... | |
 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pàgines
...is his peculiar power to astonish. Algarotti terms it "gigantesca sublimita Miltoniana." VOL. I. i " He seems to have been well acquainted with his own...the vast, illuminating the splendid, enforcing the aweful, darkening the gloomy, and aggravating the dreadful. He therefore chose a subject on which too... | |
 | 1796 - 692 pàgines
...loftinefs*. He can pleafe when pleafure is required ; but it is his peculiar power to aftonifli. • He feems to have been well acquainted with his own genius, and to know what it was that nature had bellowed upon him more bountifully than upon others ; the power of difplaying the vaft, illuminating... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1797 - 278 pàgines
...He-can pleafe when pleafure is required; but it is his peculiar power to aftonifh. " He feems to be well acquainted with his own genius, and to know what it was that Nature had beftowed upon him more bountifully than upon, others ; the power of difplaying the vaft, illuminating... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 476 pàgines
...loftinefs *. He can 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 it was that Nature had beftowed upon him more bountifully than upon others; the power of difplaying the vaft, illuminating... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1802 - 414 pàgines
...daring fublimity of his genius.* It is a fubjeft for which Milton alone was fitt.ed ; and' * " He feems to have been well acquainted with his own genius, and to " know what it was that nature had bcftowed upon him mori bountifully than " upon others; the power of displaying the vaft, illuminating... | |
 | 1802 - 684 pàgines
...hint more bountifully than upon others ; the power of difplaying the vail, illuminating the fplendid, enforcing the awful, darkening the 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 pàgines
...gigantick loftiness *. He can please when pleasure is required j but it is his peculiar power to astonish. He seems to have been well acquainted with his own...him more bountifully than upon others; the power of display ing the vast, illuminating the splendid, enforcing the awful, darkening the gloomy, and aggravating... | |
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