 ... as the province of poetry is to describe Nature and passion, which are always the same, the first writers took possession of the most striking objects for description, and the most probable occurrences for fiction, and left nothing to those that followed...  Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia: A Tale - Strona 51autor: Samuel Johnson - 1810 - Liczba stron: 184Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | Samuel Johnson - 1856 - Liczba stron: 120
...of the same events, and new combinations o* the same images. Whatever be the reason, it is commonlj observed that the early writers are in possession...followers of art; that the first excel in strength and mvention, and the latter in elegance and refinement. " I was desirous to add my name to this illustrious... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1857 - Liczba stron: 452
...description, and the most probable occurrences for fiction, and left nothing to those that followed them, but transcription of the same events, and new combinations...refinement. " I was desirous to add my name to this illustri3 [49] ous fraternity. I read all the poets of Persia and Arabia, and was able to repeat by... | |
 | Jean-Pons-Victor Lecoutz de Levizac - 1858 - Liczba stron: 576
...those that followed them, but transcription 8 of the same events, and new combinations 9 of the_same images. Whatever be the reason, it is commonly observed, that the early writers are in possession of natrue, and their followers 10 of art : that the first excel in strength and invention, and the latter... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1860 - Liczba stron: 250
...description, •and the most probable occurrences for fiction, and left nothing to those that followed them, but transcription of the same events, and new combinations...invention, and the latter in elegance and refinement. 100 "I was desirous to add my name to this illustrious fraternity. I read all the poets of Persia and... | |
 | esq Henry Jenkins - 1864 - Liczba stron: 800
...the highest learning. In almost all countries, the most ancient poets are considered as the best : whatever be the reason, it is commonly observed that...invention, and the latter in elegance and refinement. — 245. To a poet nothing can be useless. Whatever is beautiful, and whatever is dreadful, must be... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, William Alexander Clouston - 1875 - Liczba stron: 346
...description and the most probable occurrences for fiction, and left nothing to those that followed them, but transcription of the same events, and new combinations...invention, and the latter in elegance and refinement. Whoever purposes, as it is expressed by Milton, " to build the lofty rhyme," must acquaint himself... | |
 | Alexander Falconer Murison - 1875 - Liczba stron: 380
...speak to the understanding, the other but to the sense. 4. It is commonly observed that the earlier writers are in possession of nature, and their followers...invention, and the latter in elegance and refinement. 5. My friends Sir Roger de Coverley and Sir Andrew Freeport are of different principles, the first... | |
 | James De Mille - 1878 - Liczba stron: 584
...description, and the most probable occurrences for fiction, and left nothing to those who followed them but transcription of the same events, and new combinations of the same images." Both styles are often employed by the same writer. The following examples are taken from Leigh Hunt's... | |
 | James Boswell - 1879 - Liczba stron: 302
...description, and the most probable occurrences for fiction, and left nothing to those that followed them but transcription of the same events, and new combinations of the same images. — " Rasselas," chapter x. — ED. and enthusiasm. Love then spoke with its genuine voice, the breast... | |
 | James Boswell, Andrew Erskine - 1879 - Liczba stron: 288
...description, and the most probable occurrences for fiction, and left nothing to those that followed them but transcription of the same events, and new combinations of the same images. — " Rasselas," chapter x. — ED. and enthusiasm. Love then spoke with its genuine voice, the breast... | |
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