 Whatever is great, desirable, or tremendous, is comprised in the name of the Supreme Being. Omnipotence cannot be exalted ; infinity cannot be amplified ; perfection cannot be improved.  Lives of English poets - Pagina 275door Samuel Johnson - 1801Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1809 - 914 pagina’s
...Christians from metrical devotion;" (since " whatever is great, desirable, or tremendous, is comprised in* the name of the Supreme Being; — Omnipotence...cannot be amplified; perfection cannot be improved;") — admitting " all that pious verse can do is to help the memory, and delight the ear;" yet as for... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 476 pagina’s
...Whatever is grdat, desirable, or tremeit .'.••;•"•'•"!-•.• T2 dous, dous, is comprised in the name of. the .Supreme Being. Omnipotence cannot...improved. The employments of pious meditation are Faith, Thanksgiving, Repentance, and Supplication. Faith, invariably uniform, cannot be invested by fancy... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 420 pagina’s
...hoped by christians from metrical devotion. Whatever is great, desirable, or tremendous, is comprised in the name of the Supreme Being. Omnipotence cannot...improved. The employments of pious meditation are faith, thanksgiving, repentance, and supplication. Faith, invariably uniform, cannot be invested by fancy... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 420 pagina’s
...hoped by Christians from metrical devotion. Whatever is great, desirable, or tremendous, is comprised in the name of the Supreme Being. Omnipotence cannot...improved. The employments of pious meditation are faith, thanksgiving, repentance, and supplication. Faith, invariably uniform, cannot be invested by fancy... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1811 - 504 pagina’s
...subject of sacred poetry, no less eminent for the acumen of his mind than the piety of his heart, " Omnipotence cannot be exalted; infinity cannot be amplified ; perfection cannot be improved." If the noblest strains of poetry and subliinest images of painting be thus defective, they must yield... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1816 - 518 pagina’s
...Johnson, with majestic energy, remarks, that " whatever is great, desirable, or tremendous, is comprized in the name of the Supreme Being. Omnipotence cannot...cannot be amplified ; Perfection cannot be improved." Of this Smart seems to have been aware, although amhition and interest, neither illaudable in his circumstances,... | |
 | William Smith - 1814 - 330 pagina’s
...hoped by Christians from metrical devotion. Whatever is great, desirable, or tremendous, is comprised in the name of the Supreme Being. Omnipotence cannot...improved. The employments of pious meditation are Faith, Thanksgiving, Repentance, and Supplication. Faith, invariably uniform, cannot be invested by fancy... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 486 pagina’s
...hoped by Christians from metrical devotion. Whatever is great, desirable, or tremeudous, is comprised in the name of the Supreme Being. Omnipotence cannot...improved. The employments of pious meditation are Faith, Thanksgiving, Repentance, and Supplication. Faith, invariably uniform, cannot be invested by fancy... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1816 - 522 pagina’s
...Johnson, with majestic energy, remarks, that " whatever is great, desirable, or tremendous, is comprized in the name of the Supreme Being. Omnipotence cannot...cannot be amplified ; Perfection cannot be improved." Of this Smart seems to have been aware, although ambition and interest, neither illaudable in his circumstances,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 410 pagina’s
...hoped by Christians from metrical devotion. Whatever is great, desirable, or tremendous, is comprised in the name of the Supreme Being. Omnipotence cannot...improved. The employments of pious meditation are Faith, Thanksgiving, Repentance, and Supplication. Faith, invariably uniform, cannot be invested by fancy... | |
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