 To a poet nothing can be useless. Whatever is beautiful, and whatever is dreadful, must be familiar to his imagination : he must be conversant with all that is awfully vast or elegantly little. The plants of the garden, the animals of the wood, the minerals...  The Prince of Abissinia: A Tale. In Two Volumes - Page 67by Samuel Johnson - 1759 - 165 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1759 - 422 pages
...if beau:iful, and whatever is dreadful, muft bfr familiar to his imagination : he muft be convcrfant with all that is awfully vaft or elegantly little.'...the garden, the animals of the wood, the minerals oP the earth, and meteors of .the fky, muft all' concur to (lore his mind with inexhauftible on, through... | |
 | Giuseppe Baretti - 1772 - 490 pages
...fummer-clouds. To a poet nothing can be ufelefs. Whatever is beautiful and whatever is dreadful, mutt be familiar to his imagination : he muft be converfant...the animals of the wood, the minerals of the earth, the meteors of the fty, muft all concur to ftore bis mind with inexhauftible variety; for every idea... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1783 - 324 pages
...fummer clouds. To a poet nothing can be ufelefs. Whatever is beautiful, and whatever is dreadful, mult be familiar to his imagination : he muft be converfant...the earth, and meteors of the fky, muft all concur ta ftore his mind with inexhaustible va.riety : for every idea is ufeful for the enforcement or decoration... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 548 pages
...and the pinnacles of the palace. Sometimes I wandered along the mazes of the rivulet, and fometimcs watched the changes of the fummer clouds. To a poet...earth, and meteors of the fky, muft all concur to (lore his mind with inexhauftible variety: for every idea is nfcful for the enforcement or decoration... | |
 | 1788 - 778 pages
...imagination : he-muft be • cunverfint with all that is awfully vkrt or eleg4nt'iy little. The plants of ths garden, the animals of the wood, the. minerals of the earth, and meteors of the iky, miift all concur to ftoie bis. mind with irtcxhaullible variety : for every idea is ufefut for... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1790 - 318 pages
...rock and the pinnacles of the palace. Sometimes 1 wandered along the mazes PRINCE OF AB1SSINIA. 67 mazes of the rivulet^ and fometimes watched the changes...wood, the minerals of the earth, and meteors of the fk$ muft all concur to ftore his mind with inexhauftible variety : for every idea is ufeful for the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 584 pages
...and pictured upon my mind every tree of the foreft and flower of the valley. I obferved with equal care the crags of the rock and the pinnacles of the...minerals of the earth, and meteors of the fky, muft al\ eoncur to ftore his mind with inexhauftible variety ; for every idea is ufeful for the enforcement... | |
 | George Adams - 1794 - 604 pages
...ufelefs. Whatever is beautiful, and whatever is dreadful, mould be familiar to his mind ; he mould be converfant with all that is awfully vaft, or elegantly...animals of the wood, the minerals of the earth, and the meteors of the flcy, fhouid all concur to enrich his mind. By him no kind of knowledge fhould be... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1797 - 516 pages
...is beautiful, and whatever is dreadful, muft be familiar to his imagination : he muft be convenant with all that is awfully vaft or elegantly little....animals of the wood, the minerals of the earth, and meteprs of the iky, muft all concur to ftore his mind with inexhauftible variety: for every idea is... | |
 | 1797 - 522 pages
...Whatever is beautiful, and whatever is dreadful, muil be familiar to hu imagination: he mud be ccmverfam with all that is awfully vaft or elegantly little. The plants of the garden, the ani. mals of the wood , the minerals of the earth, and meteors of the Iky, mud all concur to (lore... | |
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