I saw every thing with a new purpose; my sphere of attention was suddenly magnified: no kind of knowledge was to be overlooked. I ranged mountains and deserts for images and resemblances, and pictured upon my mind every tree of the forest and flower of... The Prince of Abissinia: A Tale : in Two Volumes - Seite 67von Samuel Johnson - 1759 - 165 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
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...and pictured upon my mind every tree of the forest and flower of the valley. I observed with equal care the crags of the rock and the pinnacles of the...Sometimes I wandered along the mazes of the rivulet, and sometimes watched the changes of the summer clouds. To a poet nothing can be useless. Whatever is beautiful,... | |
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...and trie pinnacles of the palace. Sometimes I wandered along the maze» cf the rivulet, and iometimes watched the changes of the fummer clouds. To a poet...; whatever is beautiful and whatever is dreadful, rnuft be familiar ro his imagination ; he mult be con verfant with all that is awfully vaft or elegantly... | |
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