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" He seems to have been well acquainted with his own genius, and to know what it was that nature had bestowed upon him more bountifully than upon others, — the power of displaying the vast, illuminating the splendid, enforcing the awful, darkening the... "
Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their ... - Página 152
por Samuel Johnson - 1864
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The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for ...

1796 - 692 páginas
...loftinefs*. He can pleafe when pleafure is required ; but it is his peculiar power to aftonifli. • He feems to have been well acquainted with his own genius, and to know what it was that nature had bellowed upon him more bountifully than upon others ; the power of difplaying the vaft, illuminating...
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Paradise Lost: With Notes, Selected from Newton and Others, to ..., Volumes 1-2

John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 páginas
...great. He can occasionally invest himself with grace ; but his natural port is gigantic loftiness *. He can please when pleasure is required; but it is his peculiar power to astonish. Algarotti terms it "gigantesca sublimita Miltoniana." VOL. I. i " He seems to have been well acquainted...
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Johnson's Lives of the the English Poets: Abridged: with Notes and Illustrations

Samuel Johnson - 1797 - 278 páginas
...He-can pleafe when pleafure is required; but it is his peculiar power to aftonifh. " He feems to be well acquainted with his own genius, and to know what it was that Nature had beftowed upon him more bountifully than upon, others ; the power of difplaying the vaft, illuminating...
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Lives

Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 páginas
...great. He can occasionally invest himself with grace ; but his natural port is gigantick loftiness B. He can please when pleasure is required; but it is...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...
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Lives of English poets

Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 476 páginas
...loftinefs *. He can pleafe when pleafure is required ; but it is his peculiar power to aftonifh. He feems to have been well acquainted with his own genius, and to know what it was that Nature had beftowed upon him more bountifully than upon others; the power of difplaying the vaft, illuminating...
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Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Volume 2

Hugh Blair - 1802 - 414 páginas
...daring fublimity of his genius.* It is a fubjeft for which Milton alone was fitt.ed ; and' * " He feems to have been well acquainted with his own genius, and to " know what it was that nature had bcftowed upon him mori bountifully than " upon others; the power of displaying the vaft, illuminating...
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The works of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland. With prefaces ..., Volume 1

Great Britain - 1804 - 716 páginas
...with grace ; but his natural port is gigantick loftiness *. He can please when pleasure is required j but it is his peculiar power to astonish. He seems...him more bountifully than upon others; the power of display ing the vast, illuminating the splendid, enforcing the awful, darkening the gloomy, and aggravating...
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The Lives of the Most Celebrated English Poets, with Criticisms. Extracted ...

Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 322 páginas
...the great. He can occasionally invest himself with grace, but his natural port is gigantic loftiness. He can please when pleasure is required, but it is his peculiar power to astonish. " He seems to be well acquainted with his own genius, and to know what it was that Nature had bestowed upon him more...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 336 páginas
...great. He can occasionally invest himself with grace ; but his natural port is gigantick loftiness *. He can please when .pleasure is required; but it is...vast, illuminating the splendid, enforcing the awful, darken- • ing the gloomy, and aggravating the dreadful ; he * Aljarotti terms it gigantaca suV.im'ilm...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 482 páginas
...loftinefs *. He can pleafe when pleafure is required ; but it is his peculiar power to aftonifh. He feems to have been well acquainted with his own genius, and to know what it was that Nature had beftowed upon him more bountifully than upon -ethers; the power of difplaying the vaft, illuminating...
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