 outsteps the modesty of nature/' nor raises merriment or wonder by the violation of truth. His figures neither divert by distortion nor amaze by aggravation. He copies life with so much fidelity that he can be hardly...  The Works of Alexander Pope - Sivu 269tekijä(t) Alexander Pope - 1822Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | Richard C. AUSTIN - 1864 - 176 sivua
...is so happily diffused as to give the grace of novelty to domestic scenes and daily occurrences. He never " outsteps the modesty of nature," nor raises...aggravation. He copies life with so much fidelity that he can be hardly said to invent : yet his exhibitions have such an air of originality, that it is difficult... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 784 sivua
..."Is so happily diffused as to give the grace of novelty to domestic scenes and dally occurrences. He never outsteps the modesty of nature, nor raises merriment...truth. His figures neither divert by distortion, nor amuse by aggravation. He copies life with so much fidelity, that he can hardly be said to lim it; yet... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1866 - 932 sivua
...novelty to domestic scenes and daily occurrences. He never outsteps the ' modesty of nature,' nor excites merriment or wonder by the violation of truth. His...He copies life with so much fidelity, that he can be hardly said to invent; yet his exhibitions have an air so much original, that it is difficult to... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1867 - 440 sivua
...is so happily diffused as to give the grace of novelty to domestic scenes and daily occurrences. He never outsteps the modesty of nature nor raises merriment...truth. His figures neither divert by distortion, nor amuse by aggravation. He copies life with so much fidelity that he can hardly be said to invent ; yet... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1867 - 544 sivua
...diffused as to give the grace of novelty to domestic scenes and daily occurrences. He never " oversteps the modesty of nature," nor raises merriment or wonder by the violation of truth. 2. His figures neither divert by distortion nor amaze by aggravation. He copies life with so much fidelity... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1870 - 538 sivua
...diffused as to give the grace of novelty to domestic scenes and daily occurrences. He never " oversteps the modesty of nature," nor raises merriment or wonder by the violation of truth. 2. His figures neither divert by distortion nor amaze by aggravation. He copies life with so much fidelity... | |
 | Thomas Whitcombe Greene - 1876 - 340 sivua
...supposed in a sick, ama2ed, timorous and weak person — J. TAYLOR. AMIARLE AMISS. 9 He [Addison] never raises merriment or wonder by the violation of truth ; his figures neither divert by distortion, nor ama2e by aggravation. All the enchantment of fancy and all the cogency of argument are employed to... | |
 | Alfred Guy L'Estrange - 1878 - 370 sivua
...a-yawning, though L dare promise you it will never make anybody fall asleep." Johnson observes that Addison never outsteps the modesty of nature, nor raises merriment or wonder by the violation of truth. He wrote several essays in the " Spectator" on wit, and condemns much that commonly passes under the... | |
 | Alfred Guy L'Estrange - 1878 - 414 sivua
...a-yawning, though I dare promise you it will never make anybody fall asleep." Johnson observes that Addison never outsteps the modesty of nature, nor raises merriment or wonder by the violation of truth. He wrote several essays in the " Spectator" on wit, and condemns much that commonly passes under the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1884 - 348 sivua
...diffused as to give the grace of novelty to domestic scenes and daily occurrences. He never "o'ersteps the modesty of Nature," nor raises merriment or wonder...aggravation. He copies life with so much fidelity that he can be hardly said to invent; yet his exhibitions have an air so much original that it is difficult to... | |
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