It is with great propriety that subtlety, which in its original import means exility of particles, is taken in its metaphorical meaning for nicety of distinction. Those writers who lay on the watch for novelty could have little hope of greatness; for... Monthly Review; Or New Literary Journal - Página 1editado por - 1780Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Howard Anderson - 1967 - 429 páginas
...and consist in positions not limited by exceptions, and in descriptions not descending to minuteness. It is with great propriety that subtlety, which in its original import means exility [ie, thinness, meagreness] of particles, is taken in its metaphorical meaning for nicety of distinction.... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 2006 - 480 páginas
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| Huntington Cairns - 1960 - 1473 páginas
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| Samuel Johnson - 1940 - 638 páginas
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| John Crowe Ransom - 1949 - 746 páginas
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| Samuel Johnson - 1821 - 474 páginas
...and in descriptions not descending to minuteness. It is with great propriety that subtilty, whichin its original import means exility of particles, is taken in its metaphorical meaning for nicety of distinction. Those writers who lay on the watch for novelty, could have little hope of greatness ;... | |
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