...and expanse of thought which, at once, fills the whole mind, and of which, the first effect is sudden astonishment, and the second, rational admiration....descending to minuteness. It is with great propriety that subtilty, which, in its original import, means exilitv of particles, is taken, in its metaphorical...

...exceptions, and in descriptions not descending to minuteness. It is with great propriety that subtilty, which, in its original import, means exility of particles,...writers who lay on the watch for novelty could have little hope of greatness ; for great things cannot have escaped former observation. Their attempts...

...night, and engender a more salubrious state of atmosphere. It is well observed by Dr. Johnson, ' that sublimity is produced by aggregation, and littleness...and in descriptions not descending to minuteness.' ' Does Demosthenes,' says abbe Maxiry, ' refute an argument r he does not discuss it, — he proposes...

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...and expanse of thought which at once fills the whole mind, and of which the first effect is sudden astonishment, and the second rational admiration....writers who lay on the watch for novelty, could have little hope of greatness ; for great things cannot have escaped former observation. Their attempts...

...xiü. 22. SUBTLE. Each man subtileth a sleight« Synne for to hide.— Piers Houhmm's Vision, v. 13876. It is with great propriety that subtlety, which in...its original import means exility of particles, is takes in its metaphorical meaning for nicety of distinction. SUB-VERT. Whan foreothe Ood had subvertid...

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...and expanse of thought which at once tills the whole mind, and of which the first effect is sudden astonishment, and the second rational admiration....aggregation, and littleness by dispersion. Great thoughts arc always general, and consist in positions not limited by exceptions, and in descriptions not descending...

...and expanse of thought which at once fills the whole mind, and of which the first effect is sudden astonishment, and the second rational admiration....nicety of distinction. Those writers who lay on the watcli for novelty could have little hope of greatness ; for great things cannot have escaped former...

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