 | 1837 - 638 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 whole passage is a sophism. Almost all the poetry of Crabbe proceeds upon an opposite principle... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1838 - 716 pagine
...which attract, and the concealment of those which repel, the imagination : but religion must be shown ; . ! Ȭ The employments of pious meditation are faith, thanksgiving, repentance, and supplication. Faith, invariably... | |
 | Robert Stephens McAll - 1840 - 660 pagine
...degree at least, fallacious. The essence of his theory is comprised in the following sentences :—" From poetry the reader "justly expects, and from good...elevation of his " fancy : but this is rarely to be hoped from metrical clevo" tion. Whatever is great, desirable, or tremendous, is com" prised in the name... | |
 | 1840 - 488 pagine
...least, fallacious. The essence of his theory is comprised in the following sentences:—"Frompoetry the reader justly expects, and from good poetry always...elevation of his fancy: but this is rarely to be hoped from metrical devotion. Whatever is great, desirable, or tremendous, is comprised in the name of the... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1840 - 340 pagine
...imagination ; but religion must be shown as it is; suppression and addition equally corrupt it; ;i»d such as it is, it is known already. From poetry the...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... | |
 | 1841 - 462 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... | |
 | John Wilson - 1842 - 422 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... | |
 | John Wilson - 1842 - 428 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1843 - 718 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1846 - 714 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 failli, thanksgiving, repentance, and supplication. Faith,... | |
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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... 
