 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 516 strani
...Criticifm difdains to chafe a fchoolboy to his common places. To the third it may likewife be objected, that it is drawn from Mythology, though fuch as may...metaphor drawn from Nature ennobles Art ; an epithet of*metaphor drawn from Art degrades Nature. Gray is too fond of words arbitrarily compounded. Many-twinkling... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1781 - 506 strani
...chafe a fchool-boy to his common places. * To the third it may likewife be objefted, that it is drawri from mythology, though fuch as may be more eafily...to real life. Idalia's velvet-green has fomething op cant. Art epithet or metaphor drawn from nature ennobles art ; an epithet pr metaphor drawn from... | |
 | Several Hands - 1782 - 586 strani
...Crkicifm difdaics to chafe a fchoul boy to his common places. ' To the third it may likewife be objected, that it is drawn from Mythology, though fuch as may be more eafily afumilated to real life. [Julia's I'rli-tf green has fomething of cant. An epithet or metaphor drawn... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - 1782 - 588 strani
...Criticifm difdains to chafe a fchool-boy to his common places. ' To the third it may likewife be objected, that it is drawn from Mythology, though fuch as may be more eafily affirailaced to real life. Idalia's velvet-green has fomething of cant. An epithet or metaphor drawn... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1783 - 504 strani
...Criticifm difdains to chafe a fchoolboy to his. common places. To the third it may likewife be objected, that it is drawn from Mythology, though fuch as may...velvet-green has fomething of cant. An epithet or metaphor drav/n from Nature ennobles Art ; an epithet or metaphor drawn from Art degrades Nature. Gray is too... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 strani
...Criticifm dif. clains to chafe a fchool-boy to his common-places. To the third it may likewife be objected, that it is drawn from Mythology, though fuch as may...affimilated to real life. Idalia's velvet-green has fbmething of cant. An epithet or metaphor drawn from Nature ennobles Art ; an epithet or metaphor drawn... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 676 strani
...Criticifin dif* dains to chafe a fchool-boy to his common-places. To the third it may likewife be objected, that it is drawn from Mythology, though fuch as may...be more eafily affimilated to real life. Idalia's velvet 'green has fomething of cant. An epithet or metaphor drawn from Nature ennooles Art ; an epithet... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 strani
...Criticilm difdains to chafe a fchool-boy to his commonplaces. To the third it may likewife be objected, that it is drawn from Mythology, though fuch as may be more eafily affimilated tcfreal life. Idalia's velvet-green has fomething of cant. An epithet or metaphor drawn from Nature... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 312 strani
...Criticifm difdains to chafe a fchool-boy to his common-places. To the third it may likewife be objefted, that it is drawn from Mythology, though fuch as may be more eafily ammilated to real life. Idalia's " velvet-green" has fomething of cant. An epithet or metaphor drawn... | |
 | 1794 - 542 strani
...particular his prince of Abyflinia. In our third ftanza our critic apprehends that " fiiaiia's velvet green has fomething of cant : an epithet or metaphor drawn from nature, ennobles art : one drawn from art, degrades nature." — I cannot acquiefce in this peremptory affertion. I mould... | |
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An epithet or metaphor drawn from Nature ennobles Art: an epithet or metaphor drawn from Art degrades Nature. 
