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" Bombast, to have describ'd the Gluttony and Curiosity of a Woman without Flatness, to have brought Probability and Reason amidst the Hurry of imaginary Things belonging to another World, and as far remote from the Limits of our Notions as they are from... "
An Essay Upon the Civil Wars of France,: Extracted from Curious Manuscripts ... - Page 105
by Voltaire - 1728 - 130 pages
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The Monthly Repository of Theology and General Literature, Volume 10

Liberalism (Religion) - 1815 - 880 pages
...of some parts of the subject, a lost in the immensity of the poetical invention. There is something above the reach of human forces to have attempted the creation without bombast, to have described the gluttony and curiosity of a woman without flatness, to have brought...
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Voltaire's Essay on Epic Poetry: A Study and an Edition ...

Voltaire, Florence Donnell White - Epic poetry - 1915 - 192 pages
...of some Parts of the Subject is lost in the Immensity of the Poetical Invention. There is something above the reach of human Forces to have attempted the Creation without Bombast, to have describ'd the Gluttony and Curiosity of a Woman without Flatness, to have brought...
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Voltaire's Visit to England, 1726-1729

Archibald Ballantyne - 1919 - 358 pages
...of some Parts of the Subject, is lost in the Immensity of the poetical Invention. There is something above the reach of human Forces to have attempted the Creation without Bombast, to have describ'd the Gluttony and Curiosity of a Woman without Flatness, to have brought...
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John Milton: 1628-1731

John T. Shawcross - English poetry - 1995 - 292 pages
...of some Parts of the Subject is lost in the Immensity of the Poetical Invention. There is something above the reach of human Forces to have attempted the Creation without Bombast, to have describ'd the Gluttony and Curiosity of a Woman without Flatness, to have brought...
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Letters Concerning the English Nation

Voltaire - History - 1999 - 244 pages
...of some Parts of the Subject is lost in the Immensity of the Poetical Invention. There is something above the reach of human Forces to have attempted the Creation without Bombast, to have describ'd the Gluttony and Curiosity of a Woman without Flatness, to have brought...
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