 The most heterogeneous ideas are yoked by violence together ; nature and art are ransacked for illustrations, comparisons, and allusions ; their learning instructs and their subtlety surprises ; but the reader commonly thinks his improvement dearly bought,...  The lives of the most eminent English poets - Seite 24von Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 428 Seiten
...illustrations, comparisons, and allusions ; their learning instructs, and their subtilty surprises ; but the reader commonly thinks his improvement dearly bought, and, though he sometimes admires, is seldom pleased. " From this account of their compositions it will be readily... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 398 Seiten
...illustrations, comparisons, and allusions ; their learning instructs, and their subtilty surprises ; but the reader commonly thinks his improvement dearly bought, and, though he sometimes admires, is seldom pleased. " From this account of their compositions it will be readily... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824 - 400 Seiten
...illustrations, comparisons, and allusions ; their learning instructs, and their subtilty surprises ; but the reader commonly thinks his improvement dearly bought, and, though he sometimes admires, is seldom pleased. " From this account of their compositions it will be readily... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 674 Seiten
...illustrations, comparisons, and allusions ; their learning instructs, and their subtlety surprises ; but the reader commonly thinks his improvement dearly bought, and, though he sometimes admires, is seldom pleased. From this account of their compositions it will be readily inferred,... | |
 | George Walker - 1825 - 668 Seiten
...illustrations, comparisons, and allusions ; their learning instructs, and their subtlety surprises ; but the reader commonly thinks his improvement dearly bought, and, though he sometimes admires, is seldom pleased. From this account of their compositions it will be readily inferred,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 504 Seiten
...illustrations, comparisons, and allusions ; their learning instructs, and their subtilty surprises; but the reader commonly thinks his improvement dearly bought, and, though he sometimes admires, is seldom pleased. From this account of their compositions it will be readily inferred,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1826 - 430 Seiten
...illustrations, com. parisons, and allusions ; their learning instructs, and their subtlety surprises ; but the reader commonly thinks his improvement dearly bought, and, though he sometimes admires, is seldom pleased. From this account of their compositions it will be readily inferred,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 752 Seiten
...illustrations, comparisons, and allusions ; their learning instructs, and their subtlety surprises ; E ߐ `hj U !7 Ǵ` K F 8n & v /ɦ U I` u ( _ S d sometimes admires, is seldom pleased. From this account of their compositions it will be readily inferred,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 522 Seiten
...illustrations, comparisons, and allusions; their learning instructs, and their subtlety surprises ; but the reader commonly thinks his improvement dearly bought, and, though he sometimes admires, is seldom pleased. From tiiis account of their compositions, it will be readily... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 488 Seiten
...illustrations, comparisons, and allusions ; their learning instructs, and their subtilty surprises ; but the reader commonly thinks his improvement dearly bought, and, though he sometimes admires, is seldom pleased. " From this account of their compositions it will be readily... | |
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