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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 Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 470 páginas
...great. He can occasionally invest himself with grace ; but his natural part is gigantic loftiness. He can please when pleasure is required ; but it is...than upon others ; the power of displaying the vast, illuminar ting the splendid, enforcing the awful, darkening the gloomy, and aggravating the dreadful...
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The British poets, including translations, Volume 16

British poets - 1822 - 302 páginas
...great. He can occasionally invest himself with grace; but his natural port is gigantic loftiness 16. 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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The lives of the English poets

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1823 - 652 páginas
...great. He can occasionally invest himself with grace; but his natural port is gigautick loftiness*. He can please when pleasure is required ; but it is...the awful, darkening the gloomy, and aggravating the dreadful; he there* Algarotti terms it giguntcsca iublunitii MilIuniana. Dr. J. fore chose a subject...
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The works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 6

Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 484 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...than upon others; the power of displaying the vast, illuminatiag the splendid, enforcing the awful, darkening the gloomy, and aggravating the dreadful;...
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Reminiscences of Charles Butler ...

Charles Butler - 1824 - 430 páginas
...great. He can occa" sionally invest himself with grace, but his natural port " is gigantic loftiness. He can please, when pleasure is " required ; but it...own genius, " and to know, what it was that nature bestowed on him, " more bountifully than upon others ; the power of dis" playing the vast, illuminating...
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Reminiscences of Charles Butler, Esq. of Lincoln's Inn: With a Letter to a ...

Charles Butler - 1824 - 368 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...his own genius, and to know, what it was that nature bestowed on him, more bountifully than upon others ; the power of displaying the vast, illuminating...
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Reminiscences of Charles Butler ...: With a Letter to a Lady on Ancient and ...

Charles Butler - 1824 - 372 páginas
...to have been well acquainted with his own genius, and to know, what it was that nature bestowed on him, more bountifully than upon others ; the power...the awful, darkening the gloomy, and aggravating the dreadful." Such was Milton ; such certainly was Handel. Something of a revolution, in the musical taste...
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Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres

Hugh Blair - 1824 - 510 páginas
...too tragic (or epic p«etry. The nature of the subject did not admit any great display of charac* " He seems to have been well acquainted with his own genius, and to know what it was that nature Intil bestowed upon him more bountifully than upon others : the power of delaying the vast, illuminating...
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Examples of English Prose: From the Reign of Elizabeth to the Present Time ...

George Walker - 1825 - 668 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...the awful, darkening the gloomy, and aggravating the dreadful ; he therefore chose a subject on which too much could not be said, on which lie might tire...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson: Lives of the poets

Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 504 páginas
...great. He can occasionally invest himself with grace ; but his natural port is gigantick loftiness1. He can please, when pleasure is required ; but it...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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