 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1819 - 550 pages
...an acquisition gradually attained, and poetry is a gift conferred at once; or that the first poetry of every nation, surprised them as a novelty, and...by accident at first; or whether, as the province of poetry is to describe nature and passion, which are always the same, the first writers took possession... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 162 pages
...an acquisition Gradually attained, and ppetfy is a Gift conferred at once; or that the first poetry of every nation surprised them as a novelty; and retained...by accident at first: or whether, as the province of poetry is to describe nature and passion, Which are always the same, the first writers took possession... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 594 pages
...an acquisition gradually attained, and poetry is a gift conferred at once, or that the first poetry of every nation surprised them as a novelty, and retained...by accident at first ; or whether, as the province of poetry is to describe nature and passion, which are always the same, the first writers took possession... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 376 pages
...an acquisition gradually attained, and poetry is a gift conferred at once ; or that the first poetry of every nation surprised them as a novelty, and retained...by accident at first : or whether, as the province of poetry is to describe Nature and Passion, which are always the same, the first writers took possession... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Historical fiction - 1809 - 210 pages
...an acquisition gradually attained, and poetry is a gift conferred at once; or that the first poetry of every nation surprised them as a novelty, and retained...by accident at first; or whether, as the pro.vince of poetry is to describe nature and passion, which are always the same, the first writers took possession... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Ethiopia - 1810 - 230 pages
...an acquisition gradually attained, and poetry is a gift conferred at once ; or that the first poetry of every nation surprised them as a novelty, and retained...by accident at first : or whether, as the province of poetry is to describe Nature and Passion, which are always the same, the first writers took possession... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 428 pages
...sfn acquisition gradually attained, and poetry is a gift conferred at once ; or that the first poetry of every nation surprised them as a novelty, and retained...by accident at first : or whether, as the province of poetry is to describe nature and passion, which are always the same, the first writers took possession... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Francis William Blagdon - English fiction - 1811 - 250 pages
...an acquisition gradually attained, and poetry is a gift conferred at once ; or that the first poetry of every nation surprised them as a novelty, and retained...by accident at first : or whether, as the province of poetry is to describe nature and passion, which are always the same, the first writers took possession... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English fiction - 1811 - 194 pages
...attained, and poetry is a gift conferred at once; or that the first poctiy of every nation surprized them as a novelty, and retained the credit by consent...by accident at first: or whether, as the province of poetry is to describe nature and passion, which are always the same, the lirst writers took possession... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 310 pages
...an acquisition gradually attained, and poetry is a gift conferred at once ; or that the first poetry of every nation surprised them as a novelty, and retained...by accident at first : or whether, as the province of pi.etry is to describe nature and passion, which are always the same, the first writers took possession... | |
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... the province of poetry is to describe nature and passion, which are always the same, the first writers took possession of the most striking objects for description and the most probable occurrences for fiction, and left nothing to those that followed... 
