 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. I ranged mountains and deserts for images and resemblances, and pictured upon my mind every...  Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia - Page 28by Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 135 pagesFull view - About this book
 | P. F. Merlet - 1858 - 188 pages
...suddenly magnified £ no hind6 of knowledge was to be overlooked, I ranged mountains and deserts /or 7 images and resemblances, and pictured upon my mind...flower of the valley. I observed with equal care the craî/s of the roch 8 and the pinnacles of the palace? Sometimes I wandered along the mazes111 of the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1860 - 250 pages
...and opinions I did not understand. 101 " Being now resolved to be a poet, I saw everything with a new purpose ; my sphere of attention was suddenly magnified...wandered along the mazes of the rivulet, and sometimes 102 watched the changes of the summer clouds. To a poet nothing can be useless. Whatever is beautiful,... | |
 | Francis Wayland - 1868 - 436 pages
...Rasselas, " I ranged mountains and deserts for images and resemblances, and pictured tin my mind £v&y tree of the forest and flower of the valley. I observed...rivulet, and sometimes watched the changes of the summer cloud. To a poet nothing can be useless. Whatever is beautiful and whatever is dreadful must be familiar... | |
 | Louis Nottelle - 1868 - 190 pages
...without paying. THE TRUE POET. Being now resolved to be a poet, I saw everything with a new purpose ; l my sphere of attention was suddenly magnified ; no kind of knowledge was to be overlooked.2 I ranged mountains and deserts for images and resemblances, and pictured upon my mind... | |
 | London univ, exam. papers - 1871 - 294 pages
...uneasiness and disquiet. — Spectator. (&) Being now resolved to be a poet, I saw everything 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... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1871 - 664 pages
...and opinions I did not understand. " Being now resolved to be a poet, I saw everything with a. new purpose ; my sphere of attention was suddenly magnified...images and resemblances, and pictured upon my mind ever}' tree of the forest and flower of the valley. I observed with equal care the crags of the rock... | |
 | Francis Wayland - 1871 - 444 pages
...Says Imlac, in Rasselas, " I ranged mountains and deserts for images and resemblances, and pictured on my mind every tree of the forest and flower of the valley. I observed with equal cure the crags of the rock, and the pinnacles of the palace. Sometimes I wandered along the mazes of... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1875 - 660 pages
...overlooked. I ranged mountains and deserts for images and resemblances, and pictured upon my mind eventree of the forest and flower of the valley. I observed...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 familiar... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1876 - 430 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...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 familiar... | |
 | 1877 - 678 pages
...TOMMASÉO. П. Translate into Italian : Being now resolved to be a poet, I saw everything with a new purpose ; my sphere of attention was suddenly magnified...be overlooked. I ranged mountains and deserts for ¡mages and resemblances, and pictured upon my mind every tree of the forest and flower of the valley.... | |
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