 | 1796 - 690 ページ
...no fyllem of words at once refined from the groflnefs of donullic ufe, and free from the harlhncfs of terms appropriated to particular arts. Words too familiar, or too remote, defeat the purpofa of a poet. From thofe foundat which we hear on fmall or on coarfe occafions, we do not eafily... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1772 - 388 ページ
...-of .Drydcn no poetical diction, no fyftem of word,s at once refined from the groffnefs of domeftick ufe, and free from the harfhnefs of terms appropriated...hear on :fmall .or' on coarfe occafions, we do not .eafily 'i9'2 DRYDE N. ,eafily receive flrong imprefEons, -or Delightful images, and words to which... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1780 - 726 ページ
...no fyttem of words at once refined from the groffnefs of domeftic ufe, and free from the harlhnefs of terms appropriated to particular arts. Words too...we hear on fmall or on coarfe occafions, we do not eafily receive ftrong impreffions, or delightful images, and words to which, we are nearly ilrangers,... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1780 - 590 ページ
...from the groflhcfs of domestic ufe, and free from the harfhnefs of terms appropriated to paiticular arts. Words too familiar, or too remote, defeat the...purpofe of a poet. From thofe founds which we hear on {mall or on coarfe occafions, we do not eafily receive ftrong impreffions, or delightful images, and... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1780 - 590 ページ
...from the groflncfs of domeflic ufe, and frfce from the harihnefs of terms appropriated to paiticular arts. Words too familiar, or too remote, defeat the...purpofe of a poet. From thofe founds which we hear on {mall or on coarfe occafions, we do not eafily receive ftrong impreflions, or delightful images, and... | |
 | 1780 - 596 ページ
...lyi'em of words at once refined from the groflhefs of do•teftic ale, and free from the harflinefs of terms appropriated to particular arts. Words too familiar, or too remote, defeat the purpofs of a poet. From thofe founds which we hear on fmall or on coirlt occasions, we do not eafily... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 476 ページ
...time of Dryden no poetical didion, no fyftem of words at once refined from the groflhefs of domeftick ufe, and free from the harfhnefs of terms appropriated...the purpofe of a poet. From thofe founds which $ we we hear on fmall or on coarfe occafions, we do not eafily receive ftrong impreflions, or delightful... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 484 ページ
...time of Dry4en no poetical didtion, no fyftem pf words at once refined from the groflnefs of domeftick ufe, and free from the harfhnefs of terms Appropriated to particular arts. Words jqo familiar, or too remote, defeat the purpofe pf a poet. From thofe founds which 3 we hear on fmall... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1782 - 482 ページ
...to affbciation, and have the influence, and that only, which cuflom has given them. Life of Cowley. Words too familiar, or too remote, defeat the purpofe of a poet. From thefe founds, which we hear on fmall, or coarfe occafions, we do not eafily receive ftrong Impreffions,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1783 - 456 ページ
...no fyftem o^" words at once refined from the groflnefs of dome/lick ufe, and free from the harmnefs of terms appropriated to particular arts. Words too...we hear on fmall or on coarfe occafions, we do not eafily receive flrong impremons, or delightful images ; and words to which we are nearly ftrangers,... | |
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There was therefore before the time of Dryden no poetical diction, no system of words at once refined from the grossness of domestic use, and free from the harshness of terms appropriated to particular arts. Words too familiar, or too remote, defeat the... 
