 Yet great labour directed by great abilities is never wholly lost : if they frequently threw away their wit upon false conceits, they likewise sometimes struck out unexpected truth ; if their conceits were far-fetched, they were often worth the carriage....  The Works of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. - Página 26por Samuel Johnson - 1811Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 410 páginas
...labour, directed by great abilities, is never wholly lost : if they frequently threw away their wit upon false conceits, they likewise sometimes struck...man could be born a metaphysical poet, nor assume tlie dignity of a writer, by descriptions copied from descriptions, by imitations borrowed from imitations,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 470 páginas
...labour, directed by great abilities, is never wholly lost ; if they frequently threw away their wit upon false conceits, they likewise sometimes struck...assume the dignity of a writer, by descriptions copied from descriptions, by imitations borrowed from imitations, by traditional imagery, and hereditary similes,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 466 páginas
...labour, directed by great abilities, is never wholly lost ; if they frequently threw away their wit upon false conceits, they likewise sometimes struck...assume the dignity of a writer, by descriptions copied from descriptions, by imitations borrowed from imitations, by traditional imagery, and hereditary similes,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 476 páginas
...labour, directed by great abilities, is never 'wholly lost ; if they frequently threw away their wit upon false conceits, they likewise sometimes struck...assume the dignity of a writer, by descriptions copied from descriptions, by imitations borrowed from imitations, by traditional imagery, and hereditary similes,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1821 - 502 páginas
..."wholly lost ; if they frequently threw away their wit upon false conceits, they likewise some, times struck out unexpected truth : if their conceits were...assume the dignity of a writer, by descriptions copied from descriptions, by imitations borrowed from imitations, by traditional imagery, and hereditary similes,... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 348 páginas
...labour, directed by great ahilities, is never wholly lost: if they frequently threw away their wit upon false conceits, they likewise sometimes struck...assume the dignity of a writer, by descriptions copied from descriptions, by imitations borrowed from imitations, by traditional imagery, and hereditary similes,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1824 - 450 páginas
...labour, directed by great abilities, is never wholly lost; if they frequently threw away their wit upon false conceits, they likewise sometimes struck...necessary to read and think. No man could be born In perusing the works of this race of authors, the mind is exercised either by recollection or inquiry;... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 504 páginas
...labour, directed by great abilities, is never wholly lost ; if they frequently threw away their wit upon false conceits, they, likewise, sometimes struck...assume the dignity of a writer, by descriptions copied from descriptions, by imitations borrowed from imitations, by traditional imagery, and hereditary similes,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 674 páginas
...labour, directed by great abilities, is never wholly lost ; if they frequently threw away their wit upon false conceits, they likewise sometimes struck...assume the dignity of a writer, by descriptions copied from descriptions, by imitations borrowed from imitations, by traditional imagery, and hereditary similes,... | |
 | George Walker - 1825 - 668 páginas
...labour, directed by great abilities, is never wholly lost ; if they frequently threw away their wit upon false conceits, they likewise sometimes struck...assume the dignity of a writer, by descriptions copied from descriptions, by imitations borrowed from imitations, by traditional imagery, and hereditary similes,... | |
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