...gigantic loftiness.* He can please when pleasure ia required ; but it is his peculiar power to astonish. He seems to have been well acquainted with his own genius, and to know what it was that Nature had bestowtid opon him more bountifully than upon others; the power of displaying the vast, illuminating...

...distinctions. The attempt to describe God Almighty himself, and to recount dialogues between the Father * " He seems to have been well acquainted with his own...therefore chose a subject, on which too much could not be laid ; on which he might tire his fancy, without the censure of ex • travagance ' Dr. JOHNSON'S Life...

...The attempt to describe God Almighty himself, and to recount dialogues between the Father "He srvnu to have been well acquainted with his own genius,...him more bountifully than upon others : the power of d,splaymg the vast, illuminating the splendid, enforcing the awful, darkening the gloomy, and aggravating...

...seems to have been well acquainted with his own genins, and to know what it was that nature bestowed on him, more bountifully than upon others; the power...darkening the gloomy, and aggravating the dreadful." Such is Handel—such is his Messiah. Something of a revolution in the musical taste of this country...

...gigantic loftiness. He can please when pleasure is required ; but it is his peculiar power to astonish. « He seems to have been well acquainted with his own...therefore chose a subject on which too much could not bii said; on which he might tire his fancy without the censure of extravagance. « The appearance of...

...distinctions. The attempt to describe God Almighty himself, and to recount dialogues between the Father * " He seems to have been well acquainted with his own genius, and to know what it was that nature had bestowei upon him more bountifully than upon others : the power of displaying the vast, illuminating...

...gigantic loftiness*. He can please when pleasure is required ; but it is his peculiar power to astonish. He seems to have been well acquainted with his own...splendid, enforcing the awful, darkening the gloomy, and aggra\ating the" dreadful ; he therefore chose a subject on which too much could not be said, on which...

...gigantic loftiness.* He can please when pleasure is required ; but it is lii» peculiar power to astonish. r own. I one* heard a lady of great beauty and elegance object to the fourth line, that ho might tire his fancy without the censure of extravagance. The appearances of nature, and the occurrences...

...the great. He can occasionally invest himself with grace, but his natural post is gigantic loftiness. He seems to have been well acquainted with his own genius, and to have known what it was that nature had bestowed upon him more bountifully than upon others ; — the...

...gigantic loftiness.'* He can please when pleasure is required ; but it is his peculiar power to astonish. He seems to have been well acquainted with his own...bestowed upon him more bountifully than upon others j the power of displaying the vast, illuminating the splendid, enforcing the awful, darkening the gloomy,...