 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 344 sider
...contemplation. The great defect of The Seasons is want of method ; but for this I know not that there was any remedy. Of many appearances subsisting all at...in the highest degree florid and luxuriant, such as maybe said to be to his images and thoughts " both their lustre and their shade;" such as invest them... | |
 | 1854 - 502 sider
...walk before the imaginary excursion to the tropics. To do Johnson justice, however, he allows that of many appearances subsisting all at once, no rule...given why one should be mentioned before another. Then, 0 Shade of Samuel! if this be the case, wherefore such excessive fastidiousness of criticism... | |
 | James Thomson - 1856 - 346 sider
...contemplation. The great defect of the " Seasons" is want of method ; but for this I know not that there was any remedy. Of many appearances subsisting all at...another ; yet the memory wants the help of order, and curiosity is not excited by suspense or expectation. His diction is in the highest degree florid and... | |
 | James Thomson - 1856 - 344 sider
...contemplation. The great defect of the " Seasons" is want of method ; but for this I know not that there was any remedy. Of many appearances subsisting all at...mentioned before another ; yet the memory wants the I' "help of order, and curiosity is not excited by suspense or expec| tation. L— '• His djsiioji... | |
 | 1861 - 876 sider
...tnis I know not that there »« any remt-dy. Of many appearances subsisting all at once, no ruloean be given why one should be mentioned before another ; yet the memory wants the help of order, and ( lie curiosity is not excited Ц «мрете or expectation." Throughout the " Farmer's Boy" there... | |
 | James Thomson - 1863 - 140 sider
...recollect and to combine, to arrange his discoveries, and to amplify the sphere of his contemplation. " His diction is in the highest degree florid and luxuriant,...thoughts ' both their lustre and their shade ;' such as invest them with splendour, through which perhaps they are not always easily discerned. It is too exuberant,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1866 - 654 sider
...method ; but for this I know not that there was any remedy. Of many appearances subsisting all at ouce, no rule can be given why one should be mentioned before...thoughts " both their lustre and their shade ;" such as invest them with splendour, through which perhaps they are not always easily discerned. It is too exuberant,... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1871 - 832 sider
...contemplation. The grand defect of 'The Seasons' is want of method ; but for this I know not that there was any remedy. Of many appearances subsisting all at...is in the highest degree florid and luxuriant, such аз may be said to be to his images and thoughts ' both their lustre and their shade;1 such as invests... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1871 - 832 sider
...w:is any remedy. Of many appearances subaisting all at once, no rule can be given why one should* Ы> mentioned before another; yet the memory wants the help of order, and the cnriosity i§ not excited by • аяреп ее or expectation. " His diction la in the highest degree... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1876 - 836 sider
...want of method; but for this I know not that there was any remedy. Of muny appearance* KII twisting all at once, no rule can be given why one should be...help of order, and the curiosity is not excited by siiKpeme or expectation. "Hi* diction is in the highest degree florid and luxuriant, snch as may l=<-... | |
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The great defect of The Seasons is want of method; but for this I know not that there was any remedy. Of many appearances subsisting all at once, no rule can be given why one should be mentioned before another ; yet the memory wants the help of order,... 
