 Nor was the sublime more within their reach than the pathetic; for they never attempted that comprehension and expanse of thought which at once fills the whole mind, and of which the first effect is sudden astonishment, and the second rational admiration....  Lives - Page 11edited by - 1800Full view - About this book
 | Charles Edwyn Vaughan - 1896 - 366 pages
...and expanse of thought which at once fills the whole mind, and of which the first effect is sudden astonishment, and the second rational admiration....and in descriptions not descending to minuteness. J It is with great propriety that subtlety, which in it§ original import means exility of particles,... | |
 | William John Courthope - 1903 - 590 pages
...Johnson's description, in the same Life, of the characteristics of the " metaphysical " poets : — Sublimity is produced by aggregation, and littleness...writers who lay on the watch for novelty could have little hope of greatness ; for great things cannot have escaped former observation. Their attempts... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1905 - 530 pages
...dispersion. C Great thoughts are always general, and consist impositions not limited by^exceptions, and in descriptions not descending to minuteness....its metaphorical meaning for nicety of distinction. Thosejyriters— who- lay on the watch, for -novelty -xould have litflenope of greatness ; for great... | |
 | William Tenney Brewster - 1907 - 424 pages
...and expanse of thought which at once fills the whole mind, and of which the first effect is sudden astonishment, and the second rational admiration....exceptions, and in descriptions not descending to mi• nuteness. It is with great propriety that subtlety, which in its original import means exility... | |
 | William Tenney Brewster - 1907 - 424 pages
...attainment. Test the truth of such phrases as " Sublimity is produced by aggregation and littleness of dispersion. Great thoughts are always general, and...and in descriptions not descending to minuteness" (p. 47). IV. THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY The critical issue of this essay, aside from the opening anathema... | |
 | Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh, Walter Raleigh - 1910 - 210 pages
...particular direction. The basis of all excellence is truth : he that professes love ought to feel its power. Great thoughts are always general, and consist in...and in descriptions not descending to minuteness. If that be considered as Wit which is at once natural and new, that which though not obvious is, upon... | |
 | Gustav Wendt - 1911 - 352 pages
...impertinent jokes, white lies, and shorl fits of pettishness ending in sunny good humour. (Macaulay.) 24. Great thoughts are always general, and consist in...and in descriptions not descending to minuteness. (S. Johnson.) 25. And many more: but it is enough to instance in a few. (S. Johnson.) 26. Cromwell... | |
 | John Ker Spittal - 1923 - 438 pages
...their lamentation of sorrow. Their wish was only to say what they hoped had been never said before. and the second rational admiration. Sublimity is produced...writers who lay on the watch for novelty could have little hope of greatness ; for great things cannot have escaped former observation. Their attempts... | |
 | Percy Hazen Houston - 1923 - 346 pages
...principles important to our purpose. " Sublimity," he declares, employing the word under discussion, "is produced by aggregation, and littleness by dispersion....and in descriptions not descending to minuteness. . . . Those writers who lay on the watch for novelty could have little hope of greatness; for great... | |
 | John Ker Spittal - 1923 - 436 pages
...and expanse of thought which at once fills the whole mind, and of which the first effect is sudden astonishment, and the second rational admiration....by dispersion. Great thoughts are always general, arid consist in positions not limited by exceptions, and in descriptions not descending to minuteness.... | |
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