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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay - Page 270
by Samuel Johnson - 1825
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The Expositor and Universalist Review, Volume 1; Volume 3

1834 - 452 pages
...principles of interpretation by an example of their application. ' Of Milton, Dr. Johnson says, that ' " He had considered creation in its whole extent, and his descriptions are therefore learned." " But he could not be always in other worlds, he must sometimes return to earth, and talk of'things...
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Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets,: With Critical Observations on ...

Samuel Johnson - 1835 - 476 pages
...materials were supplied by incessant study and unlimited curiosity. The heat of Milton's mind may be said to sublimate his learning, to throw off into...descriptions are therefore learned. He had accustomed bis imagination to unrestrained indulgence, and bis conceptions therefore were extensive. The characteristic...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Lives of the poets

Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 752 pages
...unlimited curiosity. The heat of Milton's mind may be said to sublimate his learning, to throw off into hra inute. characteristic quality of his poem is sublimity. He sometimes descends to the elegant, but his clement...
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The Odd Fellows' Magazine, Volume 4

1837 - 474 pages
...could wield Those elements, and arm him with the force Of all their regions' — ' ' The characteristic of his poem is sublimity : he sometimes descends to...the elegant, but his element is the great. He can occasionally invest himself with grace, but his natural post is gigantic loftiness. He seems to have...
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Works, Volume 2

Samuel Johnson - 1838 - 716 pages
...materials were supplied by incessant study and unlimited curiosity. The heat of Milton's mind may be said to sublimate his learning, to throw off into...and his conceptions therefore were extensive. The characteristic quality of his poem is sublimity. He sometimes descends to the elegant, but his element...
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Literary and Theological Review, Volume 5

Leonard Woods, Charles D. Pigeon - 1838 - 708 pages
...materials were supplied by incessant study and unlimited curiosity. The heat of Milton's mind might be said to sublimate his learning, to throw off" into...therefore learned. He had accustomed his imagination to overstrained indulgence, and his conceptions therefore, were extensive. The characteristic quality...
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Literary and Theological Review, Volume 5

Leonard Woods, Charles D. Pigeon - 1838 - 688 pages
...imagination to overstrained indulgence, and his conceptions therefore, were extensive. The characteristic quality of his poem is sublimity. He sometimes descends...the elegant, but his element is the great. He can occasionally invest himse/f with grace ; but his natural port is gigantic loftiness. He can please...
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Lives of the English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works ; And ...

Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 522 pages
...materials were supplied by incessant study and unlimited curiosity. The beat of Milton's mind may be said to sublimate his learning, to throw off into...and his conceptions therefore were extensive. The characteristic quality of his poem is sublimity. He sometimes descends to the elegant, but his element...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 742 pages
...curiosity. The heat of Milton's mind may be said to sublimate his learning, to tlirow off into hie I - d CJ % - S ]ǯ ؝@ f^ =B.G QX & mb \...;6; k SCtW0 Jմ : h+ u 0 M $ IWB2 թ 5* characteristic quality of his poem is sublimity. He sometimes descend» to the elegant, but his element...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With an Essay on His Life and ..., Volume 2

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1843 - 718 pages
...» » i- -. i supplied by incessant study and unlimited curiosity. The heat of Milton's mind may be . In time he began to think that his attendance at...with improvement, of Temple's conversation ; and grew arc therefore learned. He had accustomed his imagination to unrestrained indulgence, and his conceptions...
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