 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 594 pages
...the works of God. Contemplative piety, or the intercourse between God and the human soul, cannot be poetical. Man admitted to implore the mercy of his...something unexpected, surprises and delights. The topies .of devotion are few, and being few, are universally known ; but few as they are, they can be... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 482 pages
...the works of God. Contemplative piety, or the intercourfe between God and the human foul, cannot be poetical. Man, admitted to implore the mercy of his...the merits of his Redeemer, is already in a higher ftate than poetry can confer. The offence of poetry is invention ; fuch invention as, by producing... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 476 pages
...works of God j.' Contemplative piety, or the intercourse between God and the human soul, cannot be poetical. Man, admitted to implore the mercy of his...something unexpected, surprises and delights. The topicks of devotion are few, and being few are universally known ; but, few as they are, they can be... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 420 pages
...the works of God. Contemplative piety, or the intercourse between God and the human soul, cannot be poetical. Man, admitted to implore the mercy of his...something unexpected, surprises and delights. The topicks of devotion arc few, and being few are universally known ; but few as they are, they can be... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1811 - 420 pages
...the works of God. Contemplative piety, or the intercourse between God and the human soul, cannot be poetical. Man, admitted to implore the mercy of his...something unexpected, surprises and delights. The topicks of devotion are few, and being few are universally known ; but few as they are, they can be... | |
 | William Smith - Anglican Communion - 1814 - 330 pages
...the works of God. Contemplative poetry, or the intercourse between God and the human soul, cannot be poetical. Man admitted to implore, the mercy of his...as, by producing something unexpected, surprises and til-lights. The topics of devotion are few, and being few, are universally known ; but few as they... | |
 | Robert Anderson - Authors, English - 1815 - 660 pages
...forcible reasoning. " Contemplative piety, or the intercourse between God and the human soul, cannot be poetical. Man admitted to implore the mercy of his...already in a higher state than poetry can confer. The employments of pious meditation, are faith, thanksgiving, repentance, and supplication. Faith, invariably... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1816 - 486 pages
...the works of God. Contemplative piety, or the intercourse between God and the human soul, cannot be poetical. Man, admitted to implore the mercy of his...something unexpected, surprises and delights. The topicks of devotion are few, and being few are universally known ; but, few as they are, they can be... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 410 pages
...the works of God. Contemplative piety, or the intercourse between God and the human soul, cannot be poetical. Man, admitted to implore the mercy of his...something unexpected, surprises and delights. The topicks of devotion are few, and being few are universally known ; but few as they are, they can be... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1820 - 476 pages
...the works of God. Contemplative piety, or the intercourse between God and the human soul, cannot be poetical. Man, admitted to implore the mercy of his...something unexpected, surprises and delights. The topicks of devotion are few, and being few are universally known ; but, few as they are, they can be... | |
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Contemplative piety, or the intercourse between God and the human soul, cannot be poetical. Man, admitted to implore the mercy of his Creator, and plead the merits of his Redeemer, is already in a higher state than poetry can confer. 
