 | Edmund Simon Lorenz - 1909 - 432 oldal
...as being without poetical power or merit. Dr. Samuel Johnson said of Watts, " His devotional poetry is like that of others — unsatisfactory. The paucity...the sanctity of the matter rejects the ornaments of figure." That these hymns express emotions and feelings that the unregenerate man cannot understand... | |
 | 1910 - 852 oldal
...Kempen."By James Williame. (Regan Paul. 2«. 6d.) nouncement in his Life of Watts — "Devotional poetry is unsatisfactory. The paucity of its topics enforces...matter rejects the ornaments of figurative diction. It is sufficient for Watts to have done better than others what no man has done well." That Johnson... | |
 | Francis Barton Gummere - 1911 - 348 oldal
...and lyric echoes. Dr. Johnson, speaking about the hymns of Watts, said 1 of devotional poetry, that " the paucity of its topics enforces perpetual repetition,...matter rejects the ornaments of figurative diction " ; and yet such reasons do not take us very far. The hymn covers only a small part of the field ;... | |
 | Francis Barton Gummere - 1911 - 350 oldal
...and lyric echoes. Dr. Johnson, speaking about the hymns of Watts, said 1 of devotional poetry, that " the paucity of its topics enforces perpetual repetition,...the sanctity of the matter rejects the ornaments of figura- . tive diction "; and yet such reasons do not take us very far. The hymn covers only a small... | |
 | Ontario Historical Society - 1924 - 294 oldal
...bright." The devotional poetry may fairly be described in the language of Dr. Johnson concerning Watts, "The paucity of its topics enforces perpetual repetition...matter rejects the ornaments of figurative diction," but we cannot go so far as to say that the Bishop has "done better than others what no man has done... | |
 | René Wellek - 1981 - 378 oldal
...matter, especially in the narration of the war in heaven.110 Isaac Watts's devotional poetry is also unsatisfactory. "The paucity of its topics enforces...matter rejects the ornaments of figurative diction." 1U It seems surprising to be told so, in view of the Bible's figurative diction so recently described... | |
 | Allen Reddick - 1996 - 292 oldal
...292). "The paucity of its topicks enforces perpetual repetition," he wrote in his Life of Isaac Watts, "and the sanctity of the matter rejects the ornaments of figurative diction" (Lives, HI, p. 310). 21 Johnson had completed his Life of Cowley by 27 July 1778 (Letters, 581). It... | |
 | Walter Wilson - 2001 - 580 oldal
...This commendation is followed by an extraordinary assertion with respect to devotional poetry; that " the paucity of its topics enforces perpetual repetition,...matter rejects the ornaments of figurative diction." But, so far from this being true, there is nothing whatever that supplies a greater variety of topics,... | |
 | Alan P. F. Sell, Kenneth Dix, Alan Ruston - 2006 - 496 oldal
...supplied. His ear was well tuned, and his diction was elegant and copious. But his devotional poetry is, like that of others, unsatisfactory. The paucity...matter rejects the ornaments of figurative diction. It is sufficient for Watts to have done better than others what no man has done well. His poems on... | |
 | 1836 - 590 oldal
...Boston. Wm. Pierce. 12mo. pp. 6!XI. Dr. Johnson found cause to say of Watts ; " His devotional poetry is, like that of others, unsatisfactory. The paucity...repetition, and the sanctity of the matter rejects the ornamenU of figurative diction. It is sufficient for Watts, to have done better than others what no... | |
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The paucity of its topics enforces perpetual repetition ; and the sanctity of the matter rejects the ornaments of figurative diction. It is sufficient for Watts to have done better than others what no man has done well. 
