 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
 | Samuel Johnson - 1879 - 510 pages
...interests 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;...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... | |
 | 1882 - 498 pages
...the literary language ? 7. Translate: Being now resolved to be a poet, I saw everything with a new purpose, my sphere of attention was suddenly magnified,...resemblances, and pictured upon my mind every tree, fruit, and flower of the valley. I observed with equal care the crags of the rock and the pinnacles... | |
 | William Beckford - 1883 - 454 pages
...interests 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...no kind of knowledge was to be overlooked. I ranged the mountains and deserts for images and resemblances, and pictured upon my mind every tree of the... | |
 | William Beckford - 1883 - 446 pages
...interests 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...no kind of knowledge was to be overlooked. I ranged the mountains and deserts for images and resemblances, and pictured upon my mind every tree of the... | |
 | William Beckford - 1883 - 452 pages
...opinions I did not understand. " Being now resolved to be a poet, I saw everything with a new purpose j my sphere of attention was suddenly magnified ; no kind of knowledge was to be overlooked. I ranged the mountains and deserts for images and resemblances, and pictured upon my mind every tree of the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1886 - 186 pages
...interests 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;...no kind of knowledge was to be overlooked. I ranged the mountains and deserts for images and resemblances, and pictured upon my mind every tree of the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1887 - 216 pages
...interests 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;...mountains and deserts for images and resemblances, i and pictured upon my mind every tree of the forest and flower of the valley. I observed with equal... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1891 - 286 pages
...and opinions I did not 10 understand. "Being now resolved to be a poet, I saw everything with a new purpose ; my sphere of attention was suddenly magnified...overlooked. I ranged mountains and deserts for images and 15 resemblances, and pictured upon my mind every tree of the forest and flower of the valley. I observed... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1895 - 660 pages
...interests 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...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... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1895 - 670 pages
...interests 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...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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