 All that pious verse can do is to help the memory and delight the ear, and for these purposes it may be very useful ; but it supplies nothing to the mind. The ideas of Christian theology are too simple for eloquence, too...  The St. James's Magazine - Seite 3411862Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 Seiten
...diffuse itself through many topicks of persuasion; but supplication to God can only cry for mercy, Of sentiments purely religious it will be found that the most simple exEon is the most sublime. Poetry loses its lustre and its power, because pplied to the decoration... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 594 Seiten
...may diffuse itself through many topies of persuasion; but supplication to God can only cry for mercy. Of sentiments purely religious, it will be found that...most sublime. Poetry loses its lustre and its power, because it is applied to the decorations of something more excellent than itself. All that verse can... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 Seiten
...diffuse itself through many topicks of persuasion ; but supplication to God can only cry for mercy. Of sentiments purely religious it will be found that...most sublime. Poetry loses its lustre and its power, because it is applied to the decoration of something irtore excellent than itself. All that pious verse... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 654 Seiten
...diffuse itself through many topics of persuasion ; but supplication to God can only cry for mercy. Of sentiments purely religious, it will be found,...most sublime. Poetry loses its lustre and its power, because it is applied to the decoration of something more excellent than itself. All that pious verse... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 476 Seiten
...diffuse itself through many topicks of persuasion ; but supplication to God can only cry for mercy. Of sentiments purely religious, it will be found that...most sublime. Poetry loses its lustre and its power, because it is applied to the decoration of something more excellent than itself. All that pious verse... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 420 Seiten
...diffuse itself through many topicks of persuasion ; but supplication to God can only cry for mercy. Of sentiments purely religious, it -will be found...most sublime. Poetry loses its lustre and its power, because it is applied to the decoration of something more excellent than itself. All that pious verse... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 420 Seiten
...diffuse itself through many topicks of persuasion ; but supplication to God can only cry for mercy. Of sentiments purely religious, it will be found that...simple expression is the most sublime. Poetry loses ils lustre and its power, because it is applied to the decoration of something more excellent than... | |
 | William Smith - 1814 - 330 Seiten
...diffuse itself through many topics of persuasion ; but supplication to God can only cry for mercy. Of sentiments purely religious, it will be found,...most sublime. Poetry loses its lustre and its power, because it is applied to something more excellent than itself. All that verse can do, is to help the... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1815 - 660 Seiten
...diffuse itself through many topics of persuasion ; but supplication to God can only cry for mercy. Of sentiments purely religious, it will be found,...that the most simple expression is the most sublime. The ideas of Christian theology are too simple for eloquence, too sacred for fiction, and too majestic... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 486 Seiten
...diffuse itself through many topicks of persuasion ; but supplication to God can only cry for mercy. Of sentiments purely religious, it will be found that...most sublime. Poetry loses its lustre and its power, because it is applied to the decoration of something more excellent than itself. All that pious verse... | |
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