 To a poet nothing can be useless. Whatever is beautiful, and whatever is dreadful, must be familiar to his imagination ; he must be conversant with all that is awfully vast or elegantly little.  The New London Magazine - Page 1731837Full view - About this book
 | 1832 - 384 pages
...watch the changes of the clouds ; in short, all nature, savage or civilized, animate or inanimate, the plants of the garden, the animals of the wood, the minerals of the earth, and the meteors of the sky, must undergo his examination. To a painter or poet nothing can be useless :... | |
 | Jean-Pons-Victor Lecoutz de Levizac - 1833 - 476 pages
...jour. 19 Je ne devais ntgliger. 20. Pour recueiller. 81 Penetrer mon esprit du tableau de. fc ever is beautiful, and whatever is dreadful, must be familiar to his imagination : he must (be conversant 22) with all that (is awfully vast or elegantly little 23.) The plants of the garden, the animals of... | |
 | J. Cherpilloud - 1833 - 272 pages
...rivulet, and sometimes watched* the changes of the summer clouds. Nothing can be h useless to a poet. Whatever is beautiful, and whatever is dreadful must be familiar to his imagination: Ac > QUALITES NECESSAIRES A j—" Ayant n'sol'' de;—e la sphere de mon;—* s'etendit tout a coup... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1833 - 288 pages
...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 to his imag14 ination: he must be conversant with all that is awfully vast or elegantly little. The plants... | |
 | Jean Pons victor Lecoutz de Levizac (d.1) - 1834 - 494 pages
...sometimes watched the changes of the summer clouds. To a poet nothing can be useless. Whatever is beuutiful and whatever is dreadful must be familiar to his imagination : he must 22(be conversant) with all that 23(is awfully vast or elegantly litllo). The plants of the garden,... | |
 | 1835 - 544 pages
...beautiful and whatever was dreadful was familiar to his imagination ; he was conversant with all that was awfully vast or elegantly little : the plants of the...animals of the wood, the minerals of the earth, and the meteors of the sky, all concurred to store his mind with inexhaustible variety." But still more,... | |
 | 1835 - 494 pages
...beautiful and whatever was dreadful was familiar to his imagination; he was conversant with all that was awfully vast or elegantly little: the plants of the...animals of the wood, the minerals of the earth, and the meteors of the sky, all concurred to store his mind with inexhaustible variety." But still more,... | |
 | Richard Cattermole - 1836 - 388 pages
...useless. Whatever is beautiful, and whatever is dreadful, should be familiar to his imagination: he should be conversant with all that is awfully vast, or elegantly...the minerals of the earth, and meteors of the sky, should all concur to store his mind with inexhaustible variety; for every idea is useful for the enforcement... | |
 | Andrew Park - 1839 - 306 pages
...exceeds any periodical of the price—2rf. " To a poet," says Dr. Johnson, " nothing can be useless. Whatever is beautiful, and whatever is dreadful, must...animals of the wood, the minerals of the earth, and the meteors of the sky, must all concur to store his mind with inexhaustible variety; for every idea... | |
 | The Mirror of Literature,Amusement,and Instruction: VOL.XXXIII - 1839 - 446 pages
...Johnson, "nothing can he useless. Whatever is beautiful, and whatever is dreadful, must be familiar to bis imagination : he must be conversant with all that...animals of the wood, the minerals of the earth, and the meteors of the sky, must all concur to store his mind with inexhaustible variety ; for every idea... | |
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