 ... 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 of the earth, and meteors of the sky, must all concur to store his mind with...  History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia - Page 29by Samuel Johnson - 1895 - 179 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 534 pages
...of the fky, muft all concur to ftore his mind with inexhauftible variety : for every idea is ufeful for the enforcement or decoration of moral or religious truth -, and he, who knows moft, will have moft power of diverfifying his fcenes, and of gratifying his reader with remote allufions... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 546 pages
...of the fky, muft all concur to (lore his mind with inexhauftible variety: for every idea is nfcful for the enforcement or decoration of moral or religious truth -, and he, who knows knows moft, will have mod power of diverfifying his fcenes, and of gratifying his reader with remote... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 560 pages
...of the fky, muft all concur to ftore his mind with inexhauftible variety : for every idea is ufeful for the enforcement or decoration of moral or religious truth ; and he, who knows knows moft, will have moft power of diverfifying his fcenes, and of gratifying his reader with remote... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1790 - 318 pages
...of the fk$ muft all concur to ftore his mind with inexhauftible variety : for every idea is ufeful for the enforcement or decoration of moral or religious truth ; and he, who knows moft, will have moft power of diverfifying his fcenes, and of gratifying his reader with remote allufions... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 462 pages
...of the fky, muft all concur to ftore his mind with inexhauftible variety : for every idea is ufeful for the enforcement or decoration of moral or religious truth ; and he, who knows knows moft, will have moft power of diverfifying his fcenes. and of gratifying his reader with remote... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 162 pages
...minerals of the earth, and meteors of the sky, must all concur to store his mind with inexhaustible variety: for every idea is useful for the enforcement...unexpected instruction. "All the appearances of nature I xvas therefore careful to study, and every country which I have surveyed has contributed something... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 376 pages
...minerals of the earth, and meteors of the sky, must all concur to store his mind with inexhaustible variety: for every idea is useful for the enforcement...has contributed something to my poetical powers." " In so wide a survey," said the prince, " you must surely have left much unobserved. I have lived... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 210 pages
...minerals of the earth, and meteors of the sky, must all concur to store his mind with inexhaustible variety; for every idea is useful for the enforcement or decoration of moral or religions truth; and he who knows most, will have most power of diversifying his scenes, and of gratifying... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 230 pages
...minerals of the earth , and meteors of the sky, must all concur to store his mind with inexhaustible variety ; for every idea is useful for the enforcement...nature I was therefore careful to study, and every coun. try which I have surveyed lias contributed something to my poetical powers." " In so wide a survey,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Francis William Blagdon - 1811 - 250 pages
...minerals of the earth, and meteors of the sky, must all concur to store his mind with inexhaustible variety : for every idea is useful for the enforcement...has contributed something to my poetical powers." " In so wide a survey," said the prince, " you must surely have left much unobserved. 1 have lived... | |
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