 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1806 - 796 pagina’s
...comprehension, or the elevatio» of our fancy is rarely to be hoped from metrical devotion, because whatever is great, desirable, or tremendous is comprised in the name of the Supreme Being,'f surely he must have forgotten the sacred poetry of David, and the su*' blhne prayer of Habakkuk,... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1809 - 914 pagina’s
...of his fancy; [and that] this is rarely to be hoped by Christians from metrical devotion;" (since " whatever is great, desirable, or tremendous, is comprised...cannot be amplified; perfection cannot be improved;") — admitting " all that pious verse can do is to help the memory, and delight the ear;" yet as for... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 656 pagina’s
...been the ruin of many a tolerable genius ;" and Dr. Johnson, with majestic energy, remarks that *' whatever is great, desirable, or tremendous, is comprised...cannot be amplified ; Perfection cannot be improved." Of this Smart seems to have been aware, al. though ambition and interest, neither illaudable in his... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 476 pagina’s
...metrical devotion. Whatever is grdat, desirable, or tremeit .'.••;•"•'•"!-•.• T2 dous, dous, is comprised in the name of. the .Supreme Being. Omnipotence...cannot be amplified; Perfection cannot be improved. The employments of pious meditation are Faith, Thanksgiving, Repentance, and Supplication. Faith, invariably... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 654 pagina’s
...rarely to be hoped by Christians from metrical devotion. Whatever is great, desirable, or tremendous, b comprised in the name of the Supreme Being. Omnipotence...cannot be amplified ; perfection cannot be improved. The employments of pious meditation are faith, thanksgiving, repentance, and -application. Faith, invariably... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 420 pagina’s
...comprehension and elevation of his fancy ; but this is rarely to be hoped by christians from metrical devotion. Whatever is great, desirable, or tremendous, is comprised...cannot be amplified ; perfection cannot be improved. The employments of pious meditation are faith, thanksgiving, repentance, and supplication. Faith, invariably... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1811 - 504 pagina’s
...subject of sacred poetry, no less eminent for the acumen of his mind than the piety of his heart, " Omnipotence cannot be exalted; infinity cannot be amplified ; perfection cannot be improved." If the noblest strains of poetry and subliinest images of painting be thus defective, they must yield... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1816 - 518 pagina’s
...Johnson, with majestic energy, remarks, that " whatever is great, desirable, or tremendous, is comprized in the name of the Supreme Being. Omnipotence cannot...cannot be amplified ; Perfection cannot be improved." Of this Smart seems to have been aware, although amhition and interest, neither illaudable in his circumstances,... | |
 | William Smith - 1814 - 330 pagina’s
...comprehension, and elevation of his fancy ; but this is rarely to be hoped by Christians from metrical devotion. Whatever is great, desirable, or tremendous, is comprised...cannot be amplified; Perfection cannot be improved. The employments of pious meditation are Faith, Thanksgiving, Repentance, and Supplication. Faith, invariably... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 486 pagina’s
...rarely to be hoped by Christians from metrical devotion. Whatever is great, desirable, or tremeudous, is comprised in the name of the Supreme Being. Omnipotence...cannot be amplified ; Perfection cannot be improved. The employments of pious meditation are Faith, Thanksgiving, Repentance, and Supplication. Faith, invariably... | |
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Whatever is great, desirable, or tremendous, is comprised in the name of the Supreme Being. Omnipotence cannot be exalted; Infinity cannot be amplified; Perfection cannot be improved. 
