 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pàgines
...among the productions of the human mind. By the general consent of critics, the first praise of genius is due to the writer of an epic poem, as it requires...for other compositions. Poetry is the art of uniting plea* sure with truth, by calling imagination to the help of reason. Epic Poetry undertakes to teach... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 pàgines
...mind. By the general consent of criticks, the first praise of genius is due to the writer of an epick poem, as it requires an assemblage of all the powers...which are singly sufficient, for other compositions. Poetiy is the art of uniting pleasure with, trjth, by calling imagination to the help of reason. Epick... | |
 | 1802 - 684 pàgines
...from the Life of Milton. By the fame. BY the general confent of critics, the firft praife of genius is due to the writer of an epic poem, as it requires an affemblage of all the powers which are fmgly fufficient for other com pofitions. Poetry is the art... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 594 pàgines
...nothing; te the subject. iife of Waller. 'By the general consent of critics, the first praise of GENIUS is due to the writer of an epic poem, as it requires...teach the most important truths by the most pleasing precept, and therefore relates some great event in the most affecting manner. History must supply the... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pàgines
...mind. By the general consent of criticks, the first praise of genius is due to th$ writer of an epick poem, as it requires an assemblage of all the powers...which are singly sufficient for other compositions. Poeuy is the art of uniting pleasure with truth, by calling imagination to the help of reason. Epick... | |
 | Charles Brockden Brown - 1804 - 740 pàgines
...to us." These definitions, it iscvident, make no difference between poetry and Johnson tells us that poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth, by calling imagination to the help of reason. The true poet enables you to feel what you remember to have felt before, and to feel it with a great... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 336 pàgines
...mind. By the general consent of critieks, the first praise of genius is due to the writer of an epick poem, as it requires an assemblage of all the powers...truth, by calling imagination to the help of reason. Epick poetry undertakes to teach the most important truths by the most pleasing precepts, and therefore... | |
 | 1816 - 828 pàgines
...us satisfy ourselves with the account given of it by this great writer. " Poetry," he observes, t " is the art of uniting pleasure with truth, by calling imagination to the help of reason." If, by this statement, he intended to define the exalted art of which he speaks, ноте critical... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 514 pàgines
...among the productions of the human mind. By the general consent of crities, the first praise of genius is due to the writer of an epic poem, as it requires...by calling imagination to the help of reason. Epic poeuy undertakes to teach the most important truths by the most pleasing precepts, and therefore relates... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 476 pàgines
...mind. By the general consent of eriticks the first praise . of genius is due to the writer of an epick poem, as it requires an assemblage of all the powers...truth, by calling imagination to the help of reason. Epick poetry undertakes to teach the most importanttruthsby the most pleasing precepts, and therefore... | |
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Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth, . by calling imagination to the help of reason. 
