 ... me with wonder, that, in almost all countries, the most ancient poets are considered as the best : whether it be that every other kind of knowledge is an acquisition gradually attained, and poetry is a gift conferred at once ; or that the first poetry...  Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia - Seite 44von Samuel Johnson - 1909 - 192 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 162 Seiten
...attained, and ppetfy is a Gift conferred at once; or that the first poetry of every nation surprised them as a novelty; and retained the credit by consent which...writers took possession of the most striking objects for descrip- t tion and the most probable occurrences for fiction, and left nothing tq those that followed... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 594 Seiten
...attained, and poetry is a gift conferred at once, or that the first poetry of every nation surprised them as a novelty, and retained the credit by consent,...the same, the first writers took possession of the striking objects for description, and the most probable occurrences for fiction, and left nothing to... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 376 Seiten
...attained, and poetry is a gift conferred at once ; or that the first poetry of every nation surprised them as a novelty, and retained the credit by consent which...for description, and the most probable occurrences forfiction, andleft nothing to those that followed them, but transcription of the same events, and... | |
 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1808 - 710 Seiten
...partly, perhaps, for the reason given by Dr. Johnson for the general superiority of the first poets : " the first writers took possession of the most striking objects for description, and left nothing to those, that followed them, but transcriptions of the same events, and new combinations... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 230 Seiten
...attained, and poetry is a gift conferred at once ; or that the first poetry of every nation surprised them as a novelty, and retained the credit by consent which...for fiction, and left nothing to those that followed , but transcription of the same events, and new combinations of the same images. Whatever be the reason,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 194 Seiten
...attained, and poetry is a gift conferred at once; or that the first poctiy of every nation surprized them as a novelty, and retained the credit by consent which...nature and passion, which are always the same, the lirst writers took possession of the most striking objects for description, and the most probable occurrences... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 310 Seiten
...attained, and poetry is a gift conferred at once ; or that the first poetry of every nation surprised them as a novelty, and retained the credit by consent which...accident at first : or whether, as the province of pi.etry is to describe nature and passion, which are always the same, the first writers took possession... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1815 - 272 Seiten
...attained, and poetry is a gift conferred at once; or that the first poetry of every nation surprised them as a novelty, and retained the credit by consent,...and passion, •which are always the same, the first writer* took possession of the most striking objects for description, and the most probable occurrences... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1817 - 194 Seiten
...attained, and poetry is a gift conferred at once ; or that the first poetry of every nation surprised them as a novelty, and retained the credit, by consent,...first writers took possession of the most striking object for description, and the most probable occurrences for fiction, and left nothing to those that... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1819 - 448 Seiten
...attained, and poetry is a gift conferred at once ; or that the first poetry of every nation surprised them as a novelty, and retained the credit by consent which...and left nothing to those that followed them, but transcriptions of the same events, and new combinations of the same images. Whatever be the reason,... | |
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