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" ... the province of poetry is to describe nature and passion, which are always the same, the first writers took possession of the most striking objects for description and the most probable occurrences for fiction, and left nothing to those that followed... "
Parliamentary Papers - Page 397
by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - 1853
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The Port Folio

Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1819 - 550 pages
...a novelty, and retained the credit by consent, which it received by accident at first; or whether, as the province of poetry is to describe nature and passion, which are always the same, the first writers took possession of the most striking objects for description, and...
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The Beauties of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Consisting of Maxims and Observations ...

Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 594 pages
...a novelty, and retained the credit by consent, which it received by accident at first ; or whether, as the province of poetry is to describe nature and passion, which are always the same, the first writers took possession of the striking objects for description, and the...
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Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia

Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 162 pages
...as a novelty; and retained the credit by consent which it received by accident at first: or whether, as the province of poetry is to describe nature and passion, Which are always the same, the first writers took possession of the most striking objects for descrip- t tion...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 376 pages
...a novelty, and retained the credit by consent which it received by accident at first : or whether, as the province of poetry is to describe Nature and Passion, which are always the same, the first writers took possession of the most striking objects for description, and...
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Rasselas: A Tale

Samuel Johnson - Historical fiction - 1809 - 210 pages
...as a novelty, and retained the credit by consent which it received by accident at first; or whether, as the pro.vince of poetry is to describe nature and passion, which are always the same, the first writers took possession of the most striking objects for description, and...
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Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia: A Tale

Samuel Johnson - Ethiopia - 1810 - 230 pages
...a novelty, and retained the credit by consent which it received by accident at first : or whether, as the province of poetry is to describe Nature and Passion, which are always the same, the first writers took possession of the most striking objects for description, and...
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Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia: A Tale

Samuel Johnson - English fiction - 1811 - 194 pages
...as a novelty, and retained the credit by consent which it received by accident at first: or whether, as the province of poetry is to describe nature and passion, which are always the same, the lirst writers took possession of the most striking objects for description, and...
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The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia

Samuel Johnson, Francis William Blagdon - English fiction - 1811 - 250 pages
...novelty, and retained the credit by consent •which it received by accident at first : or whether, as the province of poetry is to describe nature and passion, which are always the same, the first writers took possession of the most striking objects for description, and...
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Works, Volume 3

Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 428 pages
...novelty, and retained the credit by consent •which it received by accident at first : or whether, as the province of poetry is to describe nature and passion, which are always the same, the first writers took possession of the most striking objects for description, and...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 3

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1816 - 484 pages
...as a novelty, and retained the credit by consent which it received by accident at first: or whether, as. the province of poetry is to describe Nature and Passion, which are always the same, the first writers took possession of the most striking objects for description, and...
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