No greater felicity can genius attain than that of having purified intellectual pleasure, separated mirth from indecency, and wit from licentiousness ; of having taught a succession of writers to bring elegance and gaiety to the aid of goodness ; and,... Quiet Hours in Poets' Corner - Página 42por Stephen Coleridge - 1925 - 130 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| John Brewster - 1802 - 330 páginas
...felicity can " genius attain than that of having purified " intellectual pleasure, separated mirth.from " indecency, and wit from licentiousness; " of having...gaiety to the aid " of goodness; and, if I may use expres" sions yet more awful, of having turned 11 many to righteousness*." * Johnson's Life of Addison.... | |
| 1803 - 434 páginas
...This is an elevation of literary character, above all Greek, above all Roman fame. No greater felicity can genius attain than that of having purified intellectual...indecency, and wit from licentiousness; of having taught a sucession of writers to bring elegance and gaiety to the end of goodness ; and, to use expressions... | |
| 1803 - 420 páginas
...This is an elevation of literary character, above all Greek, above all Roman fame. No greater felicity can genius attain than that of having purified intellectual...indecency, and wit from licentiousness; of having taught a sucession of writers to bring elegance and gaiety to the end of goodness ; and, to use expressions... | |
| Great Britain - 1804 - 716 páginas
...an elevation of literary character, " above all Greek, above all Ro" man fame." No greater felicity can genius attain than that of having purified intellectual...having taught a succession of writers to bring elegance and1 gaiety totheaidof goodness; and, if I may use expressions yet more awful 3 of having " turned... | |
| Nathan Drake - 1805 - 376 páginas
...and salvation of thousands and tens of thousands. " No greater felicity," says the moral Johnson, " can genius attain, than that of having purified intellectual...more awful, of having ' turned many to righteousness' ^f." Of the literary character of Addison, the preceding essays have attempted to delineate the leading... | |
| Nathan Drake - 1805 - 378 páginas
...and salvation of thousands and tens of thousands. " No greater felicity," says the moral Johnson, " can genius attain, than that of having purified intellectual...more awful, of having ' turned many to righteousness' ^[." Of the literary character of Addison, the preceding essays have attempted to delineate the leading... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 416 páginas
...This is an elevation of literary character above all Greek, above all Roman fame. No greater felicity can genius attain, than that of having purified intellectual...more awful, of having turned many to righteousness." — " As a teacher of wisdom, he may be confidently followed. His religion has nothing in it enthusiastic... | |
| Thomas Mortimer - 1808 - 496 páginas
...This is an elevation of literary character, above all Greek, above all Roman fame. No greater felicity can genius attain, than that of having purified intellectual...mirth from indecency, and wit from licentiousness ; and having taught a succession of writers to bring elegance and gaiety to the aid of goodness ; and... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 664 páginas
...is an elevation of literary character " above all Greek, above all Roman fame." No greater felicity can genius attain, than that of having purified intellectual...more awful, of having turned many to righteousness. Addison, in his life, and for some time afterwards, was considered by a great part of readers as supremely... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 394 páginas
...This is an elevation of literary character above all Greek, above all Roman fame. No greater felicity can genius attain, than that of having purified intellectual...more awful, of having turned many to righteousness." — " As a teacher of wisdom, he may be confidently followed. His religion has nothing in it enthusiastic... | |
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