 | James Thomson - 1793 - 300 pages
...to its view, whatever there is on which imagination can delight to be detained, and withamind thatat once comprehends the vast, and attends to the minute....Seasons" wonders that he never saw before what Thomson shews him, and that he never yet has felt what Thomson impresses. His is one of the works in which... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...distinguishes in everything presented to its view whatever there is on which imagination can delight to be detained, and with a mind that at once comprehends the vast, and attends to the minute.' Johnson's Works, viii. 377. See/<w/, ii. 72, and April 11, 1776. 'Has not ' a great deal of wit, Sir?'... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1799 - 640 pages
...distinguishes in everything presented to its view whatever there is on which imagination can delight to be detained, and with a mind that at once comprehends the vast, and attends to the minute.' Johnson's Works, viii. 377. See /tar/, ii. 72, and April 1 1, 1776. 'Has Aetat.54.] Mr. Tkomas Sheridan... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 714 pages
...to its view, whatever there is on which imagination can delight to be detained, and with a mind thr at once comprehends the vast, and attends to the minute. The reader of ihe " Seasons" wonders that he never saw before what Thomson shews hr. and that h» never yet has felt... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1802 - 258 pages
...distinguishes, in every thing presented to its view, whatever there is on which imagination can delight to be detained, and with a mind that at once comprehends...Thomson shows him, and that he never yet has felt what Thompson expresses.' Great part of this high praise appears to me to have arisen from what has been... | |
 | James Thomson - English poetry - 1802 - 320 pages
...distinguishes, in every thing presented to its view, whatever there is on which imagination can delight to be detained, and with a mind that at once comprehends...Seasons wonders that he never saw before what Thomson shews him, and that he never yet has felt what Thomson impresses." "His is one of the works in which... | |
 | James Thomson, John Aikin - 1804 - 232 pages
...in every thing pre" sented to his view, whatever there is in which ima" gination can delight to be detained, and with a mind that at once comprehends..."Seasons" wonders that ' he never saw before what Thomson shews him, and that he never yet has felt what Thomson impresses. " His descriptions of extended scenes... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...view, whatever there is on which imagination can delight to be detained, and with a mind that at ooce comprehends the vast, and attends to the minute. The...Seasons" wonders that he never saw before what Thomson shews bin), and that he never yet has felt what Thomson impresses. Bis is one of the works in which... | |
 | Robert Forsyth - Agriculture - 1805 - 616 pages
...distinguishes in every thing represented to its view whatever there is on which imagination can delight to be detained, and with a mind that at once comprehends...Seasons wonders that he never saw before what Thomson shews him ; and that he I never yet has felt what Thomson impresses." His testamentary executors were... | |
 | Robert Forsyth - Agriculture - 1805 - 616 pages
...distinguishes in every thing represented to its view whatever there is on, which imagination can delight to be detained, and with a mind that at once comprehends...minute. The reader of the Seasons wonders that he Eminent men. never saw before what Thomson shews him ; and that he ' v .i never yet has felt what Thomson... | |
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Seasons" wonders that he never saw before what Thomson shows him, and that he never yet has felt what Thomson impresses. 
