 | 1844 - 546 Seiten
...from any single performance; for it would not be safe to claim for him the highest rank in any single denomination of literary dignity, yet, perhaps, there...excelled, if he had not divided his powers to different pursuits." As a preacher he ranked high among his contemporaries; his printed discourses establish... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 Seiten
...heads, and sketched out some particulars, he trusted for success to his extemporary powers. any single denomination of literary dignity; yet, perhaps, there...in which he would not have excelled, if he had not directed his powers to different pursuits. " Seize on Truth, where'er 'tis found, Among your friends,... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1845 - 862 Seiten
...from any single performance; for it would not be safe to claim for him the highest rank in any single denomination of literary dignity ; yet perhaps there...excelled, if he had not divided his powers to different pursuits." As a preacher he ranked high among his contemporaries ; his printed discourses establish... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - 1853 - 504 Seiten
...single performance ; for, though it would not be safe to claim for him the highest rank in any single denomination of literary dignity ; yet, perhaps, there...excelled, if he had not divided his powers to different pursuits." Watts' ' Psalms and Hymns' are well-known, and need not be here made the subject of criticism.... | |
 | Hugh James Rose - 1853 - 566 Seiten
...from any single performance, for it would not be safe to claim for him the highest rank in any single denomination of literary dignity ; yet perhaps there...excelled, if he had not divided his powers to different pursuits." His entire works were published in 1754, by Dr. Gibbons, in 6 vols, 4to, and more recently... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 344 Seiten
...from any single performance : for it would not be safe to claim for him the highest rank in any single denomination of literary dignity ; yet perhaps there...excelled, if he had not divided his powers to different pursuits. As a poet, had he been only a poet, he would probably have stood high among the authors with... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - 1863 - 818 Seiten
...single performance ; for, though it would not be safe to claim for him the highest rank in any single denomination of literary dignity ; yet, perhaps, there...excelled, if he had not divided his powers to different pursuits." Watts' ' Psalms and Hymns' are well-known, and need not be here made the subject of criticism.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1866 - 654 Seiten
...him the highest rank in any single denomination of literary dignity; yet perhaps there was nothing iu which he would not have excelled, if he had not divided his powers to different pursuits. As a poet," had he been only a poet, he would probably have stood high among the authors... | |
 | Josiah Miller - 1869 - 668 Seiten
...from any single performance; for it would not be safe to claim for him the highest rank in any single denomination of literary dignity; yet, perhaps, there...excelled, if he had not divided his powers to different pursuits." For his own sake we must regret the weakness and suffering of Dr. Watts's life ; yet since... | |
 | Josiah Miller - 1869 - 656 Seiten
...from any single performance; for it would not be safe to claim for him the highest rank in any single denomination of literary dignity; yet, perhaps, there...excelled, if he had not divided his powers to different pursuits.' For his own sake we must regret the weakness and suffering of Dr. Watts's life ; yet since... | |
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His character, therefore, must be formed from the multiplicity and diversity of his attainments, rather than from any single performance ; for it would not be safe to claim for him the highest rank in any single denomination of literary dignity ; yet... 
