 If the father of criticism has rightly denominated poetry, an imitative art, these writers will, without great wrong, lose their right to the name of poets for they cannot be said to have imitated any thing; they neither copied nature nor life; neither...  The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page 19by Samuel Johnson - 1806Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 478 pages
...by counting the fyllables. If the father of criticifm had rightly denominated poetry I'syyq pju^/w;, an imitative art, thefe writers will, without great...have imitated any thing; they neither copied nature for life; neither painted the forms of matter; nor reprefented the operations of intellect. Thofe however... | |
 | History - 1796 - 692 pages
...the fyllables. if the father of criticifm has rightly denominated poetry •,-• '_>;.) pip.ijlix*, an imitative art, thefe writers will, without great...nor life ; neither painted the forms of matter, nor reprefentcd the operations of intellect. Thofe however who deny them to be poets, allow them to be... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Thomas Zouch - Authors, English - 1796 - 640 pages
...wrote only verfe,' who cannot be faid to have imitated any thing, rs they neither copied Nature from life, neither painted the forms of matter, nor reprefented the operations of intellect. Deficient in the fublime and the pathetic, they abounded in hyperbole, in unnatural thought-., violent... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 476 pages
...by counting the fyllables. If the father of criticifm has rightly denominated poetry i(jv^ ppi]<xij, an imitative art, thefe writers will, without great...have imitated any thing; they- neither copied nature for life; neither painted the forms of matter; nor reprefenied the operations of intellect. Thofe however... | |
 | English poetry - 1801 - 860 pages
...the fyllables. If the father of criticifm has rightly denominated poetry ли imitative art, fhefe writers will, without great wrong, lofe their right to the name of poets j for they cannot be faid to have b 4 imitated « . • . » - • īrnirated any thlftgy they neither... | |
 | History - 1802 - 684 pages
...the fyllables. ]f the father of criticifm has rightly denominated poetry rķ-xrn .'.,«-,'• *i, on imitative art, thefe writers will, without great wrong,...imitated any thing; they neither copied nature nor iife ; neither painted the forms of matter, nor rppreiented the operations of intellect« Thole however... | |
 | 1802 - 510 pages
...y,- en imitative art, ' thefe writers will, without great ' wrong, lofe tlieir right to tfee nnme ' of poets ; for they cannot be faid ' to have imitated any thing; they ' neither copied nature nor life ; pei' ther painted the forms of matter, ' nor reprefented the operations of intellect." In his Life... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 336 pages
...writers will, without great wrong, lose their right to the name of poets ; for they cannot be said to have imitated any thing; they neither copied nature...nor life ; neither painted the forms of matter, nor represented the operations of intellect. Those, however, who deny them to be poets, allow them to-be... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 560 pages
...writers will, without great wrong, lose their right to the name of poets ; for they cannot be said to have imitated any thing ; they neither copied nature...nor life; neither painted the forms of matter, nor represented the operations of intellect. Those however who deny them to be poets allow them to be wits.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 476 pages
...writers will, without great wrong, lose their right to the name of poets ; for they cannot be said to have imitated any thing; they neither copied nature...nor life; neither painted the forms of matter, nor represented .the operations of intellect. Those however who deny them to be poets, allow them to be... | |
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