 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 strani
...illusions; their learning instructs, and their subtility surprises; but the reader commonly thinks his improvement dearly bought, and, though he sometimes...their compositions it will be readily inferred, that ther were not successful in representing or moving the affections. As they were wholly employed on... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1806 - 294 strani
...allusions ; their learning instructs, and their subtility surprises ; but the reader commonly thinks his improvement dearly bought, and, though he sometimes...enables us to conceive and to excite the pains and the pleasure of other minds : they never inquired what, on any occasion, they should have said or done... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 336 strani
...allusions; their learning instructs, and their subtlety surprises ; but the reader commonly thinks his improvement dearly bought, and, though he sometimes...enables us to conceive and to excite the pains and the pleasure of other minds : they never inquired what, on any occasion, they should have said or done;... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1809 - 296 strani
...allusions ; their learning instructs, and their subtility surprises ; but the reader commonly thinks his improvement dearly bought, and, though he sometimes...enables us to conceive and to excite the pains and the pleasure of other minds : they never inquired what, on any occasion, they should have said or done... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 560 strani
...allusions ; their learning instructs, and their subtlety surprises ; but the reader commonly thinks his improvement dearly bought, and, though he sometimes...affections. As they were wholly employed on something uuc.xpected and surprising, they had no regard to that uuil'urmity of sentiment, which enables us to... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 476 strani
...their compositions it will be readily inferred, that they were not successful in re- i.. presenting or moving the affections. As they were wholly employed...enables us to conceive and to excite the pains and the pleasure of other minds : they never enquired what, on any occasion, they should have said or done... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 420 strani
...allusions ; their learning instructs, and their subtlety surprises ; but the reader commonly thinks his improvement dearly bought, and though he sometimes...they were wholly employed on something unexpected or surprising, they had no regard to that uniformity of sentiment which enables us to conceive and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 420 strani
...commonly thinks his improvement dearly bought, and, though he sometimes admires, is seldom pteased. From this account of their compositions it will be...they were wholly employed on something unexpected or surprir.ing, they had no regard to that uniformity of sentiment which enables us to conceive and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 486 strani
...allusions ; their learning instructs, and their subtlety surprises ; but the reader commonly thinks his improvement dearly bought, and, though he sometimes...enables us to conceive and to excite the pains and the pleasure of other minds: they never enquired what, on any occasion, they should have said or done ;... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 410 strani
...allusions; their learning instructs, and their subtlety surprises; but the reader commonly thinks his improvement dearly bought, and, though he sometimes...enables us to conceive and to excite the pains and the pleasure of other minds : they never inquired what, on any occasion, they should have said or done... | |
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From this account of their compositions it will be readily inferred that they were not successful in representing or moving the affections. As they were wholly employed on something unexpected and surprising, they had no regard to that uniformity of sentiment... 
