 | Samuel Johnson - 1759 - 176 pages
...poets are confidered as the beft : whether it be that every other kind of knowledge is an acquisition gradually attained, and poetry is a gift conferred...the firft poetry of every nation furprifed them as 1 a novelty, and retained the credit by con-' fent which it received by accident at firil : or whether,... | |
 | 1759 - 422 pages
...almoft all countries, the moft antient poets are confidered as the baft; whether it be that every other kind of knowledge is an acquifition gradually attained, and poetry is a gift conferred at * Taken from RaJJclas Prince ofAfyffinia, a tale; (|iift publilhetl) the moral of which will eafily... | |
 | Giuseppe Baretti - 1772 - 490 pages
...conferred at once ; or that the firft poetry or' every na tion furprifed them as a novelty, and retain' d the credit by confent which it received by accident at firft: or whether the province of poetry is to delcribe nature and pailiiHi, which are always the fame, and the firft... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1782 - 482 pages
...INalmoft all countries, the moft antient poets are confidered as the beft. Whether it be that every other kind of knowledge is an acquifition gradually attained,...at once; or that the firft poetry of every nation, furprifcd them as a novelty, and retained the credit by confent, which it received by accident at firft;... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1783 - 324 pages
...almoft all countries, the moft ancient poets are confidered as the beft : whether it be that every other kind of knowledge is an acquifition gradually attained,...as the province of poetry is to defcribe Nature and Paflion, which are always the fame, the firft writers took pofleflipn of the moft ftriking obje&s for... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 560 pages
...almoft all countries, the moil ancient poets are confidered as the beft: whether it be that every other kind of knowledge is an acquifition gradually attained,...as the province of poetry is to defcribe Nature and Pafiion, which are always the fame, the firft writers took pofTefiion of the moft ftriking objects... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 546 pages
...of knowledge is an acquifition gradually at-ยป tained, and poetry is a gift conferred at once ; of that the firft poetry of every nation furprifed them as a novelty, and retained the credit by eonfent which it received by accident at firft : or whether, as the province of poetry is to defcribe... | |
 | 1788 - 778 pages
...ancient port* arcconfideredasthebelt: whether it be that every other kind of knowledge it an acquisition gradually attained, and poetry is a gift conferred at once; or that the fiift poetry of every nation furprifeci them ai a novelty, and retained the credit by conftnt which... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1790 - 318 pages
...almoft all countries, the moft ancient poets are confidered as the beft : whether it be that every other kind of knowledge is an acquifition gradually attained,...and retained the credit by confent which it received received by accident at firft : or whether, as the province of poetry is to defcribe Nature and Paffion,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 586 pages
...tained, and poetry is a gift conferred at once ; or that the firfl poetry of every nation furprifcd them as a novelty, and retained the credit by confent...which are always the fame, the firft writers took poflcffion of the moft ftriking objects for defcription, and the moft probable occurrences for fiction,... | |
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And yet it fills me with wonder, that, in almost all countries, the most ancient poets are considered as the best : whether it be that every other kind of knowledge is an acquisition gradually attained, and poetry is a gift conferred at once ; or that... 
