 | Francis Jenks, James Walker, Francis William Pitt Greenwood, William Ware - 1824 - 492 páginas
...excellence. It is the poetry of the higher and_ purer part of our nature. When Dr. Johnson says, that ' an that pious verse- can do is to help the memory and delight the ear,'* the remark, and those which precede, seem to us to be founded upon false conceptions of the nature... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1824 - 450 páginas
...sentiments purely religious, it will be found that the moat simple expression is the most sul>Z 2 lime. Poetry loses its lustre and its power, because it is applied to the decpration of something more excellent than itself. All that pious verse can do is to help the memory,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 512 páginas
...topicks of persuasion ; but supplication to God can only cry for mercy. Of sentiments purely religious, it will be found that the most simple expression is...decoration of something more excellent than itself. AH that pious verse can do is to help the memory, and delight the ear, and, for these purposes, it... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1826 - 430 páginas
...supplication to God can only cry for mercy. Of sentiments purely religious, it will be found that the moat simple expression is the most sublime. Poetry loses...verse can do is to help the memory, and delight the earf aod for these purposes it may be very useful ; but it f . 188 WALLER. supplies nothing to the... | |
 | Henry Hunter - 1828 - 356 páginas
...topics of persuasion, but supplication to God can only cry for mercy. " Of sentiments purely religious, it will be found that the most simple expression is...decoration of something more excellent than itself. AH that verse can do is to help the memory and delight the ear ; and for these purposes it may be very... | |
 | 1828 - 580 páginas
...of Dr. Johnson, that " faith, thanksgiving, repentance, and supplication," are subjects upon which " poetry loses its lustre and its power, because it...decoration of something more excellent than itself." The printing and paper of this volume are of the first order. THK CHRISTIAN'S DAILY WALK, IN HOLT SECURITY... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1833 - 348 páginas
...infinity cannot be amplified ; perfection cannot be improved. * * * * * Of sentiments purely religious, it will be found that the most simple expression is...All that pious verse can do is to help the memory ana. delight the ear ; and for these purposes it may br very useful ; but it supplies nothing to the... | |
 | 1833 - 378 páginas
...topics of persuasion ; but supplication to God, can only cry for mercy. Of sentiments purely religious, it will be found that the most simple expression is...decoration of something more excellent than itself. — The ideas of Christian theology are too simple for eloquence, too sacred for fiction, and too majestic... | |
 | American education society - 1833 - 406 páginas
...topics of persuasion ; but supplication to God, can only cry for mercy. Of sentiments purely religious, it will be found that the most simple expression is...decoration of something more excellent than itself. — The ideas of Christian theology are too simple for eloquence, too sacred for fiction, and too majestic... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1834 - 722 páginas
...topics of persuasion ; but supplication to God can only cry for mercy. Of sentiments purely religious, it will be found that the most simple expression is...nothing to the mind. The ideas of Christian theology arc too simple for 69 doanence, too sacred for fiction, and too majestic for ornament : to recommend... | |
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All that pious verse can do is to help the memory and delight the ear, and for these purposes it may be very useful ; but it supplies nothing to the mind. The ideas of Christian theology are too simple for eloquence, too sacred for fiction, and too majestic... 
