 | 1839 - عدد الصفحات: 532
...Genius rises in renewed radiance from the hallowing waters of Jordan. . ' .-.!'•. "But," says Johnson, "the topics of devotion are few, and being few are universally known; bat few as they are, they can be made no more, they can receive no grace from novelty of sentiment,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1840 - عدد الصفحات: 522
...poetry is invention ; such invention as, by producing something unexpected, surprises and delights. The topics of devotion are few, and, being few, are...novelty of sentiment, and very little from novelty of expres>ion. Poetry pleases by exhibiting an idea more grateful to the mind than things themselves atford.... | |
 | 1841 - عدد الصفحات: 502
...poetry is invention ; such invention as, by producing something unexpected, surprises and delights. The topics of devotion are few, and being few, are...sentiment, and very little from novelty of expression. NO. IX. N. S, X " Poetry pleases by exhibiting an idea more grateful to the mind than things themselves... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1842 - عدد الصفحات: 716
...invention as, by producing something unexpected, surprises and delights. The tonics of devotion arc ver at leisure for conversation, because he had "always...winter of forty, she was called from her bed by him part of nature which attract, and the concealment of those which repel, the imagination : but religion... | |
 | John Wilson - 1842 - عدد الصفحات: 422
...not absolutely confound mortal beings, and humble them down even below the very dust. There may be " no grace from novelty of sentiment," and " very little from novelty of expression" — to use Dr Johnson's words — for it is neither grace nor novelty that the spirit of the poet is... | |
 | John Wilson - 1842 - عدد الصفحات: 428
...not absolutely confound mortal beings, and humble them down even below the very dust. There may be " no grace from novelty of sentiment," and " very little from novelty of expression"—to use Dr Johnson's words—for it is neither grace nor novelty that the spirit of the... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1844 - عدد الصفحات: 44
...poetry is invention ; such invention as, by producing something unexpected, surprises and delights. The topics of devotion are few, and being few, are...sentiment, and very little from novelty of expression." In this sweeping style Johnson proceeds with criticism that, notwithstanding our deference for his... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1846 - عدد الصفحات: 714
...poetry is invention ; such invention as, by producing something unexpected, surprises and delights. The topics of devotion are few, and being few are...exhibiting an idea more grateful to the mind than tilings themselves afford. This effect proceeds from the display or those part of nature which attract,... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1846 - عدد الصفحات: 246
...poetry is invention ; such invention as, by producing something unexpected, surprises and delights. The topics of devotion are few, and, being few, are...sentiment, and very little from novelty of expression." In this sweeping style, Johnson proceeds with criticism that, notwithstanding our deference for his... | |
 | William Cowper - 1851 - عدد الصفحات: 790
...poetry is inrcntion ; such inTention as, by producing something unexpected, surprises and delights. The topics of devotion are few, and being few are...universally known ; but, few as they are, they can be mode no more ; they can receive no grace from novelty of sentiment, and very little from novelty of... | |
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The essence of poetry is invention ; such invention as, by producing something unexpected, surprises and delights. The topics of devotion are few, and being few are universally known ; but few as they are, they can be made no more ; they can receive no... 
