 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 754 páginas
...they are founded on the basis of common sense, and a very attentive and minute survey of real life. His mind was so full of imagery that he might have...it is remarkable that, however rich his prose is in this respect, his poetical pieces in general have not much of that splendor, but are rather distinguished... | |
 | Robert Maynard Leonard - 1912 - 788 páginas
...they are founded on the basis of common sense, and a very attentive and minute survey of real life. His mind was so full of imagery, that he might have...is remarkable, that, however rich his prose is in this respect, his poetical pieces, in general, have not much of that splendour, but are rather distinguished... | |
 | John Ker Spittal - 1923 - 436 páginas
...manner ; so that knowledge which we often see to be no better than lumber in men of dull understandings, was, in him, true, evident, and actual wisdom. His...he wrote were in general not so, but rather strong sentiments, and acute observation, conveyed in good verse, particularly in heroic couplets. Though... | |
 | John Ker Spittal - 1923 - 438 páginas
...they are founded on the basis of ^commonjiense. His mind was so FuITof imagery, that he might Lave been perpetually a poet ; yet it is remarkable, that...he wrote were in general not so, but rather strong sentiments, and acute observation, conveyed in good verse, particularly in heroic couplets. Though... | |
 | James Boswell - 1923 - 372 páginas
...they are founded on the basis of common sense, and a very attentive and minute survey of real life. His mind was so full of imagery, that he might have...is remarkable, that, however rich his prose is in this respect, his poetical pieces, in general, have not much of that splendour, but are rather distinguished... | |
 | John Ker Spittal - 1923 - 436 páginas
...it was brought to him ; but was too proud to seek for it. He was sometimes susceptible of flattery. His mind was so full of imagery, that he might have been perpetually a poet. It has been often remarked, that in his poetical pieces, which it is to be regretted are so few, because... | |
 | 1923 - 896 páginas
...talk than anybody. He either gives you new thoughts or a new colouring." "His mind, "says Boswell, " was so full of imagery that he might have been perpetually a poet." It is the use of " images " that is meant, the presentation of an idea in an effective form by means... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1924 - 562 páginas
...it was. brought to him ; but was too proud to seek for it. He was somewhat susceptible of flattery. His mind was so full of imagery, that he might have been perpetually a poet. It has been often remarked, that in his poetical pieces, which it is to be regretted are so few, because... | |
 | Octavius Francis Christie - 1924 - 296 páginas
...sometimes their wit, sometimes their sarcasm ; but I think the true answer is given by Boswell : " His mind was so full of imagery, that he might have been perpetually a poet." 2 It is in " imagery " that Johnson excels, in picturesqueness of phrase, in apt and concentrated and... | |
 | Gerald Edwin Se Boyar - 1925 - 456 páginas
...they are founded on the basis of common sense, and a very attentive and minute survey of real life. His mind was so full of imagery, that he might have...is remarkable, that, however rich his prose is in this respect, his poetical pieces, in general, have not much of that splendour, but are rather distinguished... | |
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... was in him true, evident, and actual wisdom. His moral precepts are practical, for they are drawn from an intimate acquaintance with human nature. His maxims carry conviction ; for they are founded on the basis of common sense, and a very attentive... 
