 But the knowledge of nature is only half the task of a poet; he must be acquainted likewise with all the modes of life. His character requires that he estimate the happiness and misery of every condition ; observe the power of all the passions in all...  Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia - Stran 29avtor: Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 135 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Jean-Pons-Victor Lecoutz de Levizac - 1833 - 476 strani
...condition : observe tl.e power of all tne passions, in all their combinations, and trace the changes 39 of the human mind, as they are modified by various...institutions, and accidental influences of climate or custom : fiom the sprightliness of infancy to the despondence of decrepitude. He must divest himself 40 of... | |
 | Jean Pons victor Lecoutz de Levizac (d.1) - 1834 - 494 strani
...likewise with 3?all the modes of life. His character requires that he ''estimate the happiness and misery of every condition : observe the power of all the passions, in all their combinations, and 39trace the 39 Considerer lea objets en grand — 30 de ces traits Haitians et frappans qui, &c —... | |
 | 1835 - 544 strani
...all the modes of Hie, observed the power of all the passions in all their combinations, and traced the changes of the human mind as they are modified...sprightliness of infancy to the despondence of decrepitude." His works are of two classes, — those which illustrate poetry and prose, and those which embody his... | |
 | 1835 - 592 strani
...all the modes of life, observed the power of all the passions in all their combinations, and traced the changes of the human mind as they are modified...sprightliness of infancy to the despondence of decrepitude." His works are of two classes, — those which illustrate poetry and prose, and those which embody his... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1838 - 128 strani
...likewise with all the modes of life. His character requires that he estimate the happiness and misery of every condition ; observe the power of all the...despondence of decrepitude. He must divest himself of the pre'udices of his age or country ; he must consider right and wrong in their abstracted and invariable... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1838 - 270 strani
...likewise with all the modes of life. His character requires that he estimate the happiness and misery of every condition; observe the power of all the passions...their combinations, and trace the changes of the human mind,as they are modified by various institutions and accidental influences of climate or custom, from... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1841 - 286 strani
...likewise with all the modes of life. His character requires that he estimate the happiness and misery of every condition; observe the power of all the passions...He must divest himself of the prejudices of his age or country; he must consider right and wrong in their abstracted and invariable state; he must disregard... | |
 | Charles Jean Delille - 1844 - 476 strani
...likewise with all the modes of life. His character requires that he estimate the happiness and misery of every condition ; observe the power of all the...sprightliness of infancy to the despondence of decrepitude. His labour is not yet at an end : he must know many languages and many sciences ; and, that his style... | |
 | Jean-Pons-Victor Lecoutz de Levizac - 1844 - 496 strani
...the half of— 37 tous leg diftlrun* a'P«l*— 3Q apprecier — 39 suivre lea vicissitudes. change* of the human mind, as they are modified by various...•' 'divest himself of the prejudices of his age or country ; he must consider 4 'right and wrong <Jin their abstracted and invariable state; he must... | |
 | 1845 - 632 strani
...condition ;" she " observes the power of all the passions, in all their combinations ;" she " traces the changes of the human mind, as they are modified...sprightliness of infancy to the despondence of decrepitude ;" she has occasionally written " as the interpreter of nature, and the legislator" of her sex, and... | |
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