 | 1796 - 690 페이지
...left not only reafon but fancy behind, them ; and produced combinations of confuted magnificence, that not only could not be credited, but could not be imagined....labour, directed by great abilities, is never wholly loA : if they frequently threw away their wit upon falfe con. ceils, they likewife fometimfi ilruck... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1780 - 726 페이지
...left not only reafon but fancy behind them ; and produced combinations of confufed magnificence, that not only could not be credited, but could not be imagined....frequently threw away their wit upon falfe conceits, they likewife fometimes ftruck out unexpected truth : if their conceits were far- fetched, they were often... | |
 | 1780 - 596 페이지
...behind them; and produced combinations ofconfufed magnificence, that not only could not be credited, bat could not be imagined. ' Yet great labour, directed...frequently threw away their wit upon falfe conceits, they likewise fometimes (Iruck out unexpected truth : if their conceit* were far-fetched, they were often... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1780 - 590 페이지
...than he, who difiefts a fun beam with a prifm, can exhibit the wide effulgence of a Aun* ' mer noon. ' Yet great labour, directed by great abilities, is...frequently threw away their wit upon falfe conceits, they likewife foroetimes ftruck out unexpected truth : if their conceits were far-fetched, they were often... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1780 - 590 페이지
...only reafon but fancy behind them; and produced combinations ofconfufed magnificence, that not tfnly could not be credited, but could not be imagined....Yet great labour, directed by great abilities, is never'wholly loft : if they frequently threw away their wit upon falfe conceits, they likewife fometimes... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 498 페이지
...left not only reafon but fancy behind them ; and produced combinations of confuted magnificence, that not only could not be credited, but could not be imagined....frequently threw away their wit upon falfe conceits, they likewife fometimes ftruck out unexpected truth : if their conceits were farfetched, they were often... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 494 페이지
...them ; and produced combinations of confufed magnificence, that not only could not be credited, hut could not be imagined. Yet great labour, directed...frequently threw away their wit upon falfe conceits, they likewife fometimes ftruck out unexpected truth : if their conceits were farfetched, they were often... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1783 - 478 페이지
...credited* but could not be imagined. V . fc. • * Yet great labour, directed by great abili* ties, is never wholly loft : if they frequently threw away their wit upon falfe conceits; they likewife fometimes ftreck out unexpected truth : if their conceits were farfetched, they were often... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 494 페이지
...left not only reafon but fancy behind them ; and produced combinations of confufed magnificence, that not only could not be credited, but could not be imagined....frequently threw away their wit upon falfe conceits, they likewife fometimes (truck out unexpected truth : if their conceits were far-fetched, they were often... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 498 페이지
...left not only reafon but fancy behind them ; and produced combinations of confufed magnificence, that not only could not be credited, but could not be imagined....frequently threw away their wit upon falfe conceits, they likewife fometimes ftruck out unexpected truth : if their conceits were far-fetched, they were often... | |
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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,... 
