 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1825 - 576 pagine
...attract, and the concealment of those which repel, the imagination: hut religion must be shown ¡is it is; suppression and addition equally corrupt it; and, such as it is,it is known already.' A fallacy may be apprehended in both parts of this statement. There are, surely,... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1828 - 1058 pagine
...which attract, and the concealment of those that repel the imagination; but religion must be shown as it is; suppression and addition equally corrupt...such as it is, it is known already. From poetry the render justly expects, and from good poetry always obtains, the enlargement of his comprehension and... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1833 - 348 pagine
...which attract, and the concealment of those that repel the imagination ; but religion must be shown as it is; suppression and addition equally corrupt...obtains, the enlargement of his comprehension and the elevation of his fancy; but this is rarely to be hoped by Christians from metrical devotion. Whatever... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1833 - 368 pagine
...which attract, and the concealment of those that repel the imagination ; but religion must be shown as it is ; suppression and addition equally corrupt...obtains, the enlargement of his Comprehension and the elevation of his fancy ; but this is rarely to be hoped by Christians from metrical devotion. Whatever... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1833 - 488 pagine
...which attract, and the concealment of those that repel the imagination: but religion must be shown as it is ; suppression and addition equally corrupt...it is known already. From poetry the reader justly exi 5 pects, and from good poetry always obtains, the enlargement of his comprehension, and the elevation... | |
 | Leonard Woods, Charles D. Pigeon - 1834 - 686 pagine
...which attract, and the concealment of those which repel the imagination : but religion must be shown as it is; suppression and addition equally corrupt it; and such as it is, it is known already." Were poetry restricted to narration, perhaps invention might ' be considered its essence, though it... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1834 - 722 pagine
...which attract, and the concealment of those which repel, the imagination : but religion must be shown as it is ; suppression and addition equally corrupt it ; and such as it is, it is known already. The employments of pious meditation are faith, thanksgiving, repentance, and supplication. Faith, invariably... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 448 pagine
...which attract, and the concealment of those which repel the imagination. But Religion must be shown as it is: suppression and addition equally corrupt...metrical devotion. Whatever is great, desirable, or tremendous, is comprised in the name of the Supreme Being. Omnipotence cannot be exalted ; Infinity... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 446 pagine
...which attract, and the concealment of those which repel the imagination. But Religion must be shown as it is: suppression and addition equally corrupt...metrical devotion. Whatever is great, desirable, or tremendous, is comprised in the name of the Supreme Being. Omnipotence cannot be exalted; Infinity... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 752 pagine
...which attract, and the concealment of those which repel, the imagination : but religion must be shown as it is ; suppression and addition equally corrupt it ; and such as it is, it is known already. The employments of pious meditation are faith, thanksgiving, repentance, and supplication. Faith, invariably... | |
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shewn as it is; suppression and addition equally corrupt it; and such as it is, it is known already. From poetry the reader justly expects, and from good poetry always obtains, the enlargement of his comprehension and elevation of his fancy ; but this... 
