 | Samuel Johnson - 1790 - 508 pagina’s
...enforcing the awful, darkening the gloomy, and aggravating the dreadful; he therefore chofe a fubjecl: on which too much could not be faid, on which he might tire his fancy without the genfure of extravagance. The appearances of nature, and the occurrences of life, did not fatiate his... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 478 pagina’s
...beftowed upon him more bountifully than upon, others ; the power of difplaying the vaft, illuminating the fplendid, enforcing the awful, darkening the gloomy, and aggravating the dreadful; he therefore * A\garQtt\termt\tgigaattfcafu&limi/aMiittniana> DJ chofe a fubject on which too much could not be... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1795 - 610 pagina’s
...beftowed upon him more bountifully than upon others ; the power of difplaying the vaft, illuminating the fplendid, enforcing the awful, darkening the gloomy,...and aggravating the dreadful : he therefore chofe a Tubject on which too much could not be faid, on which he might tire his fancy without the cenfure of... | |
 | 1796 - 692 pagina’s
...bellowed upon him more bountifully than upon others ; the power of difplaying the vaft, illuminating the fplendid, enforcing the awful, darkening the gloomy,...faid, on which he might tire his fancy without the cenfute of extravagance. The appearances of nature, and the occurrences of life, did not fatiate his... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1797 - 278 pagina’s
...upon him more bountifully than upon, others ; the power of difplaying the vaft, illuminating • the fplendid, enforcing the awful, darkening the gloomy,...and aggravating the dreadful. He therefore chofe a fubject on which too much could not be faid, on; which he might tire his fancy without the cenfure... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 pagina’s
...him more bountifully than upon others; the power of displaying the vast, illuminating the splendid, enforcing the awful, darkening the gloomy, and 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 476 pagina’s
...beftowed upon him more bountifully than upon others; the power of difplaying the vaft, illuminating the fplendid, enforcing the awful, darkening the gloomy, and aggravating the dreadful ; he therefore •* Algarotti terms it gigantefcafublimita Mlltonlana. Dr. J. cliofe a fubject an which too much could... | |
 | 1802 - 684 pagina’s
...bellowed upon hint more bountifully than upon others ; the power of difplaying the vail, illuminating the fplendid, enforcing the awful, darkening the gloomy, and aggravating the dreadful: he therefore chufe a fubjeft on which too much could not be faid, on which he might tire his fancy without the cenfure... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pagina’s
...him more bountifully than upon others; the power of display ing the vast, illuminating the splendid, enforcing the awful, darkening the gloomy, and aggravating the dreadful ; he therefore chose a subject on which too much could not be said, on which he might tira his fancy without the censure... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 322 pagina’s
...more bountifully than upon others — the power of displaying the vast, illuminating the splendid, enforcing the awful, darkening the gloomy, and 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... | |
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He seems to have been well acquainted with his own genius, and to know what it was that Nature had... 
