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Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia - Page 28
by Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 135 pages
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Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia: A Tale

Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 250 pages
...and opinions I did not understand. " Being now resolved to be a poet, I saw every thing with a new purpose ; my sphere of attention was suddenly magnified...rivulet, and sometimes watched the changes of the summer clouds. To a poet nothing can be useless. Whatever is beautiful, and whatever is dreadful, must be...
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Airs of Palestine: A Poem

John Pierpont - 1817 - 194 pages
...resolved to be a poet, I saw every thing with a new purpose ; my sphere of attention was sud denly magnified; no kind of knowledge was to be overlooked....observed with equal care the crags of the rock and She pinnacles of the palace. Sometimes I wandered along the mazes of the rivulet, and sometimes watched...
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The works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 5

Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 420 pages
...and opinions I did not understand. " Being now resolved to be a poet, I saw every thing with a new purpose ; my sphere of attention was suddenly magnified;...resemblances, and pictured upon my mind every tree ef the forest and flower of the valley. I observed with equal care the crags of the rock and the pinnacles...
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Principles of Elocution: Containing Numerous Rules, Observations, and ...

Thomas Ewing - 1819 - 448 pages
...and opinions I did not understand. " Being now resolved to be a poet, I saw every thing with a new purpose ; my sphere of attention was suddenly magnified...rivulet, and sometimes watched the changes of the summer clouds. To a poet nothing can be useless. Whatever is beautiful, and whatever is dreadful, must be...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.

Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 456 pages
...and opinions I did not understand. " Being now resolved to be a poet, I saw every thing with a new purpose ; my sphere of attention was suddenly magnified...rivulet, and sometimes watched the changes of the summer clouds. S» To a poet nothing .can be useless. Whatever is beautiful, and whatever is dreadful, must...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll. D.: Containing Adventurer and Rasselas

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 466 pages
...and opinions I did not understand. " Being now resolved to be a poet, I saw every thing with a new purpose ; my sphere of attention was suddenly magnified...the rock and the pinnacles of the palace. Sometimes 1 wandered along the mazes of the rivulet, and sometimes watched the changes of the summer clouds....
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The British Novelists: With an Essay, and Prefaces, Biographical ..., Volume 26

1820 - 286 pages
...interests and opinions I did not understand. Being now resolved to be a poet, I saw every thing with a new purpose; my sphere of attention was suddenly magnified...was to be overlooked. I ranged mountains and deserts i) 2 for images and resemblances, and pictured upon my mind every tree of the forest and flower of...
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The history of Rasselas, prince of Abissinia, by S. Johnson. Almoran and ...

Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 278 pages
...interests and opinions I did not understand. Being now resolved to be a poet, I saw every thing with a new purpose ; my sphere of attention was suddenly magnified : no kind of knowledge was to be overlooked. 1 ranged mountains and deserts T> 2 for images and resemblances, and pictured upon- my mind every tree...
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A Theoretical and Practical Grammar of the French Tongue: In which the ...

Jean-Pons-Victor Lecoutz de Levizac - 1820 - 482 pages
...SUBJECT CONTINUED. Bciiitf now resolved to be a poet, I saw every thin» (with a new purpose 18) ; my sphere of attention was suddenly magnified : no kind of knowledge {was to he overlooked 19). I ranged mountains and desert» lor 20 images and resemblances, and (pictured upon...
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the Right Honourable Lord Byron: With ...

John Watkins - 1822 - 452 pages
...resemblances, and pictures upon his mind every tree of the forest and flower of the valley. He observes with equal care the crags of the rock and the pinnacles of the palace. Sometimes he wanders along the mazes of the rivulet, and sometimes watches the changes of the summer clouds....
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