 | John George Sheppard - 1851 - 72 pagine
...reader juftly expefts and from good poetry " always obtains, the enlargement of his comprehenfion, and " elevation of his fancy, but this is rarely to be hoped for by " Chriftians from metrical devotion. Whatever is great, de" firable, or tremendous, is comprifed... | |
 | John Wilson - 1852 - 336 pagine
...of those that repel, the imagination; but religion must be shown as it is; suppression and additioo equally corrupt it ; and such as it is, it is known...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 - 1852 - 328 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...From poetry the reader justly expects, and from good poelry always obtains, the enlargement of his comprehension and the elevation of his fancy ; but this... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 360 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 - 1854 - 468 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... | |
 | John Wilson - 1854 - 314 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, John Holland - 1854 - 536 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 for by Christians from metrical devotion.... | |
 | John Wilson - 1854 - 342 pagine
...which attract, and the concealment of those that repel, the imagination; but religion mu>t he shown as it is; suppression and addition equally corrupt...justly expects, and from good poetry always obtains, tbe enlargement of his comprehension and the eleration of his fancy ; but this is rarely to be hoped... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - 456 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 - 1857 - 462 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... | |
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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... 
