 He can please when pleasure is required ; but it is his peculiar power to astonish. 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 Ladies' Museum - Seite 171830Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 Seiten
...accustomed his imagination to unrestrained indulgence ; and his conceptions therefore were extensive. The characteristic quality of his Poem is sublimity....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... | |
 | 1796 - 692 Seiten
...therefore were extenfive. The charafteriftick quality of his poem is fublimity. He fometimes defcends to the elegant, but his element is .the great. He ' can occasionally invert himfelf with grace ; but his natural pert is gigantick loftinefs*. He can pleafe when pleafure... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 Seiten
...his conceptions therefore were extensive. The characteristic k quality of his poem h sublimity. Ho sometimes descends to the elegant, but his element...invest himself with grace ; but his natural port is gigantick loftiness B. He can please when pleasure is required; but it is his peculiar power to astonish.... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 Seiten
...imagination to unrestrained indulgence, and his conceptions therefore were extensive. The characteristick quality of his poem is sublimity. He sometimes descends...invest himself 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.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 322 Seiten
...first place, and with respect to performance, the second among the productions of the human mind. " The characteristic quality of his poem is sublimity....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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 336 Seiten
...imagination to unrestrained indulgence, and his conceptions therefore were extensive. The characteristick quality of his poem is sublimity. He sometimes descends...invest himself with grace ; but his natural port is gigantick loftiness *. He can please when .pleasure is required; but it is his peculiar power to astonish.... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 514 Seiten
...accustomed his imagination to unrestrained indulgence, and his conceptions therefore were extensive. The characteristic quality of his poem is sublimity....required ; but it is his peculiar power to astonish. * -\I:; .;--"iu term* \tfigantaca ntblimna Miltoniana. Dr. .'. He srems to have been well acquainted... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 560 Seiten
...accustomed his imagination to unrestrained indulgence, and his conceptions therefore were extensive. The characteristic quality of his poem is sublimity....himself with grace; but his natural port is gigantic loftiness10. He can please when pleasure is required; but it is his peculiar power to astonish. He... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 476 Seiten
...imagination to unrestrained indulgence, and his conceptions therefore were extensive. The characteristick quality of his poem is sublimity. He sometimes descends...invest himself with grace ; but his natural port is gigantick loftiness *. He can please when pleasure is required ; but it is his peculiar power to astonish.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 420 Seiten
...unrestrained indulgence, <• and h'is conceptions therefore were extensive. The ' chaiacteristick quality of his poem is sublimity. He sometimes descends...invest himself : with grace; but his natural port is gigantick loftiness.* He can please when pleasure is required ; but { it is his peculiar power to astonish.... | |
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