 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 432 pages
...SIR, I WAS much pleafed with your ridicule of thofe fhallow criticks, whofe judgment, though often right as far as it goes, yet reaches only to inferior...only by parts, and from thence determine the merit of extenfive works. But there is another kind of critick ftill worfe, who judges by narrow rules, and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 442 pages
...SIR, I WAS much pleafed with your ridicule of thofe fhallow criticks, whofe judgment, though often right as far as it goes, yet reaches only to inferior...only by parts, and from thence determine the merit of extenfive works. But there a another kind of critick ftill worfe; who judges by narrow rules, and thofe... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 430 pages
...SIR, I WAS much pleafed with your ridicule of thofe fhallow criticks, whofe judgment, though often right as far as it goes, yet reaches only to inferior...judge only by parts, and from thence determine the ;nerit of extenfive works. But there is another kind of critick ftill worfe, who judges by narrow rules,... | |
 | 1787 - 528 pages
...IDLER. 57», IWas much pleafed with your ridicule ot thole mallow Criticks,whofe judgment, though often right as far as it goes, yet reaches only to inferior...who, unable to comprehend the whole, judge only by pans, and Irom thence determine the merit of extenfive works. But there is another kind ef Critick... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - Art - 1801 - 452 pages
...SIR, 1 WAS much pleased with your ridicule of those shallow Criticks, whose judgement, though often right as far as it goes, yet reaches only to inferior...founded on nature, will lead him but a very little way towards the just estimation of the sublime beauties in works of Genius ; for whatever part of an art... | |
 | sir Joshua Reynolds - 1801 - 450 pages
...SIR, A WAS much pleased with your ridicule of those shallow Criticks, whose judgement, though often right as far as it goes, yet reaches only to inferior...founded on nature, will lead him but a very little way towards the just estimation of the sublime beauties in works of Genius ; for whatever part of an art... | |
 | English essays - 1803 - 222 pages
...judgment, though often right as fcir as it goes, yet reaches only to inferior beauties•, and vvhoj unable to comprehend the whole, judge only by parts,...merit of extensive works. But there is another kind of critic still worse, who judges by narrow rules, and those too often fnlse, and which, though they should... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 428 pages
...shallow criticks, whose judgment, though often right as far as it goes, yet reaches only to inferiour beauties ; and who, unable to comprehend the whole,...and those too often false, and which, though they "... r ' "- should be true, and founded on nature, will lead him but a very little way toward the just... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 386 pages
...sIR, JL WAS much pleased with your ridicule of those shallow criticks, whose judgment, though often right as far as it goes, yet reaches only to inferior...beauties ; and who, unable to comprehend the whole, j•idg* only by parts, and from thence determine the merit of extensive works. But there is another... | |
 | sir Joshua Reynolds - 1819 - 440 pages
...SIR, I WAS much pleased with your ridicule of those shallow Criticks, whose judgement, though often right as far as it goes, yet reaches only to inferior...founded on nature, will lead him but a very little way towards the just estimation of the sublime beauties in works of Genius ; for whatever part of an art... | |
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Critick still worse, who judges by narrow rules, and those too often false, and which though they should be true, and founded on nature, will lead him but a very little way towards the just estimation of the sublime beauties in works of Genius ; for whatever... 
