 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 páginas
...aggravating the dreadful. He therefore chose a subject on which too much could not be said; on which he might tire his fancy without the censure of extravagance....delight was to sport in the wide regions of possibility t reality was a scene too narrow for his mind. He sent his faculties out upon discovery, into worlds... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 páginas
...appearances of nature, and the occurrence; of life, did not satiate hit appetite of greatness. Tex paint things as they are, requires a minute attention,...possibility ; reality was a scene too narrow for his miud. He sent his faculties out upon discovery, into worlds where only imagination can travel, and... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 páginas
...censure of extravagance. The appearances of nature, and the occurrences of life, did not satiate hi» appetite of greatness. To paint things as they are,...sent his faculties out upon discovery, into worlds where only imagination can, travel, and delighted to form new modes of existence, and furnish senti-<... | |
 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1807 - 788 páginas
...Milton, as equal to any, and superiour to most of the the heroick poets of ancient or modern times. ' His delight was to sport in the wide regions of possibility...sent his faculties out upon discovery, into worlds where imagination only can travel, and delighted to form new modes of existence, and furnish sentiment... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 322 páginas
...aggravating the dreadful. He therefore chose a subject on \vhich too much could not be said, on which he might tire his fancy without the censure of extravagance....requires a minute attention, and employs the memory more than the fancy. Milton's delight was to sport in the wide regions of possibility ; reality was... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 336 páginas
...gigantaca suV.im'ilm Miltonhn*. therefore chose a subject on which too much could not be said, on which he might tire his fancy without the censure of extravagance....sent his faculties out upon discovery, into worlds where only imagination can travel, and delighted to form new modes of existence, and furnish sentiment... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 514 páginas
...therefore chose a subject on which too much could not be said, on which he might tire his fancy without tbe censure of extravagance. The appearances of nature,...wide regions of possibility ; reality was a scene too narrov for his mind. He sent his faculties out upon discovery, into worlds where only imagination can... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 560 páginas
...aggravating the dreadful; he therefore chose a subject on which too much could not be said, on which he might tire his fancy without the censure of extravagance....than the fancy. Milton's delight was to sport in the vide regions of possibility; reality was a seine too narrow for his mind. He sent his faculties out... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 476 páginas
...of nature, and the occurrences of Jife, did not satiate his appetite of greatness. To paint-things as they are, requires a minute attention, and employs...regions of possibility ; reality was a scene too narrow fpr his. mind. He sent his faculties out upon discovery, into worlds where only imagination can travel,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 420 páginas
...subject on which too much could not be said ' on which he might tire his fancy without the censure i of extravagance. The appearances of nature, and the...sent his faculties out upon discovery, into worlds where only imagination can travel, and delighted to form . new modes of existence, and furnish sentiment... | |
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The appearances of nature, and the occurrences of life, did not satiate his appetite of greatness. To paint things as they are, requires a minute attention, and employs the memory rather than the fancy. Milton's delight was to sport in the wide regions... 
