| Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 366 pages
...rhymes of Cow-ley. His numbers, his pauses, his diction, are of his own growth, without transcription, without imitation. He thinks in a peculiar train,...round on nature and on life with the eye which nature bestows only on a poet ; the eye that distinguishes, in every thing presented to its view, whatever... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1816 - 532 pages
...rhymes of Cowley. His numbers, his pauses, his diction, are of his own growth, without transcription, without imitation. He thinks in a peculiar train,...round on Nature and on Life with the eye which Nature bestows only on a poet; the eye that distinguishes, in every thing represented to its view, whatever... | |
| Hugh Blair - English language - 1812 - 400 pages
...numbers, his paufes, his didtion, «« are of his own growth, without tranfcription, without imita" tion. He thinks in a peculiar train, and he thinks always as " a min of genius. He looks round on nature and life, with the « eye which nature beftows only on a Poet... | |
| William Barker Daniel - Falconry - 1813 - 568 pages
...are of his own Growth, without Transcription, without . Imitation. He thinks in a peculiar Train, and always as a Man of Genius. He looks round on Nature and on Life, with the Eye which Nature bestows, only on a Poet; the Eye, that distinguishes in every thing represented to its View, whatever... | |
| William Barker Daniel - Fishing - 1813 - 820 pages
...are of his own Growth, without Transcription, without Imitation. He thinks in a peculiar Train, and always as a Man of Genius. . He looks round on Nature and on Life, with the Eye which Nature bestows, only on a Poet; the Eye, that distinguishes in every thing represented to its View, whatever... | |
| James Thomson, Samuel Johnson - 1813 - 180 pages
...•without transcription, without imitation. He thinks in a peculiar train, aad he thinks always as a man ft genius ; he looks round on nature and on life, with the eye which nature bestows only on a poet; the eye that distinguishes, in every thing presented to its view, whatever... | |
| Hugh Blair - English language - 1815 - 582 pages
...rlumcs of Cowley. His numbers, his pauses, his diction, are of his own growth, without transcription, without imitation. He thinks in a peculiar train, and he thinks always as a man ef genius. He looks round on nature and life, with the eye which nature bestows only on a poet ; the... | |
| Robert Anderson - Authors, English - 1815 - 660 pages
...with an idea of legitimate poetry, recommended by the utmost felicity of imagery and expression. " He looks round on Nature and on Life, with the eye which Nature bestows only on a poet ; the eye that distinguishes, in every thing presented to its view, whatever... | |
| Biography - 1816 - 526 pages
...rbymes of Cowley. His numbers, his pauses, his diction, art* of his own growth, without transcription, without imitation. He thinks in a peculiar train,...round on Nature and on Life with the eye which Nature bestows only on a poet; the eye that distinguishes, in every thing represented to its view, whatever... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1816 - 526 pages
...rhymes of Cowley. His numbers, his pauses, his diction, are of his own growth, without transcription, without imitation. He thinks in a peculiar train,...round on Nature and on Life with the eye which Nature bestows only on a poet; the eye that distinguishes, in every thing represented to its view, 'whatever... | |
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