 | Samuel Johnson - Ethiopia - 1759 - 176 pages
...pay to the Angelick Nature. And it yet fills me with wonder, that, in almoft all countries, the mod ancient poets are confidered as the beft : whether...the firft poetry of every nation furprifed them as 1 a novelty, and retained the credit by con-' fent which it received by accident at firil : or whether,... | |
 | 1759 - 422 pages
...any fettled habitation ; whofe only wealth is their flocks and herds; and who have yet carried tion furprifed them as a novelty, and retained the credit...which it received by accident at firft : or whether the province of poetry is to defcribe nature and paflion, which are always the fame, and the firft... | |
 | Giuseppe Baretti - Language and languages - 1772 - 490 pages
...conferred at once ; or that the firft poetry or' every na tion furprifed them as a novelty, and retain' d the credit by confent which it received by accident at firft: or whether the province of poetry is to delcribe nature and pailiiHi, which are always the fame, and the firft... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Maxims - 1782 - 482 pages
...poets are confidered as the beft. Whether it be that every other kind of knowledge is an acquifition gradually attained, and poetry is a gift conferred...at once; or that the firft poetry of every nation, furprifcd them as a novelty, and retained the credit by confent, which it received by accident at firft;... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1783 - 324 pages
...poets are confidered as the beft : whether it be that every other kind of knowledge is an acquifition gradually attained, and poetry is a gift conferred...as the province of poetry is to defcribe Nature and Paflion, which are always the fame, the firft writers took pofleflipn of the moft ftriking obje&s for... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 534 pages
...poets are confidered as the beft : whether it be that every other1 kind of knowledge is an acquifition gradually attained, and poetry is a gift conferred...which are always the fame, the firft writers took pofieffion of the moft ftriking objefts for defcription, and the moft probable occurrences for ficlion,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 560 pages
...poets are confidered as the beft: whether it be that every other kind of knowledge is an acquifition gradually attained, and poetry is a gift conferred...as the province of poetry is to defcribe Nature and Pafiion, which are always the fame, the firft writers took pofTefiion of the moft ftriking objects... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 546 pages
...of knowledge is an acquifition gradually at-ยป tained, and poetry is a gift conferred at once ; of that the firft poetry of every nation furprifed them as a novelty, and retained the credit by eonfent which it received by accident at firft : or whether, as the province of poetry is to defcribe... | |
 | English fiction - 1788 - 778 pages
...the moll ancient port* arcconfideredasthebelt: whether it be that every other kind of knowledge it an acquisition gradually attained, and poetry is a gift conferred at once; or that the fiift poetry of every nation furprifeci them ai a novelty, and retained the credit by conftnt which... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Ethiopia - 1790 - 318 pages
...poets are confidered as the beft : whether it be that every other kind of knowledge is an acquifition gradually attained, and poetry is a gift conferred...and retained the credit by confent which it received received by accident at firft : or whether, as the province of poetry is to defcribe Nature and Paffion,... | |
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... 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 of every nation surprised them as a novelty, and retained the credit by consent which it received... 
