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" If, by a more noble and more adequate conception, that be considered as wit which is at once natural and new; that which, though not obvious, is, upon its first production, acknowledged to be just; if it be that which he that never found it wonders how... "
The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal - Page 3
1780
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The Annual Register, Volume 22

1796 - 690 pages
...natural and new, that which, though not obvious, is, upon it* firft production, acknowledged to be juft ; if it be that, which he that never found it, wonders how he mifled ; to wit of this kind the nieuphyfical poets have feldom rifen. Their thoughts are often new, but feldom natural , they are not...
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Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets, Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 358 pages
...natural and new, that which, though not obvious, is* upon its firft production, acknowledged to be juft; if it be that, which he that never found it, wonders...natural ; they are not obvious, but neither are they juft; and the reader, far from wondering that he mifled them, wonders more frequently by what perverfenefs...
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Monthly Review; Or New Literary Journal, Volume 61

Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1780 - 590 pages
...natural and new, that which, though not obvious, is, upon its firll production, acknowledged to be jull; if it be that, which he that never found it, wonders how he miffed ; to wit of this kind the meiaphyfical poets have feldom rifen. Their thoughts'are often new,...
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Annual Register, Volume 22

Edmund Burke - 1780 - 726 pages
...natural and new, that which, though not obvious, is, upon its firft production, acknowledged to be juft; if it be that, which he that never found it, wonders how he miffed ; to wit of this kind the metaphyfical poets have feldom. rifen. Their thoughts areoften new,...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: Cowley. Denham. Milton. Butler ...

Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 494 pages
...production, acknowledged to be juft ; if it be that, which he that never found it, wonders how he miffed ; to wit of this kind the metaphyfical poets have feldom...natural ; they are not obvious, but neither are they juft ; and the reader, far from wondering that he miffed them, wonders 'more frequently by what perverfenefs...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: Cowley. Denham. Milton. Butler ...

Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 498 pages
...natural and new, that which, though, not obvious, is, upon its firft produ&ion, acknowledged to be juft ; if it be that, which he that never found it, wonders how he miffed ; to wit of this kind the metaphyfical poets have feldom rifen. Their thoughts are often new,...
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The lives of the most eminent English poets

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 494 pages
...natural and new, that which, though not obvious, is, upon its firft production, acknowledged to be juft ; if it be that, which he that never found it wonders...natural ; they are not obvious, but neither are they juft; and the reader, far from wondering that he mifled them, wonders more frequently by what perverfenefs...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The lives of the most eminent English poets

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 498 pages
...natural and new, that which, though not obvious, is, upon its firft production, acknowledged to be juft ; if it be that, which he that never found it wonders how he miffed ; to wit of this kind the metaphyfical poets have feldom rifen. Their thoughts are often new,...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets,: With Critical ..., Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - 1790 - 508 pages
...natural and new, that which, though not obvious, is, upon its firft production, acknowledged to be juft.; if it be that which he that never found it wonders...natural; they are not obvious, but neither are they juft; and the reader, far from wondering that he mifled them, wonders more frequently by what perverfenefs...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson.LL.D..: The lives of the English poets

Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 478 pages
...natural and new, that which, though not obvious, is, upon its firft production, acknowledged to be juft; if it be that which he that never found it wonders how he rhifil'd ; to wit of this kind the metaphyfical poets have feldom rifen. Their thoughts are often new,...
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