 ... 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 397by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - 1853Full view - About this book
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - English language - 1852 - 380 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... | |
 | Thomas Carter - Devotional poetry - 1852 - 190 pages
...them as a novelty, and retained the credit by consent which it received by accident ; 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,... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - 358 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 arc always the same, the first writers took possession of the most striking objects for description,... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1871 - 664 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, William Alexander Clouston - 1875 - 346 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1876 - 430 pages
...novelty, and retained the credit by consent, which it received by accident at first: or whether, aa 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1879 - 510 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... | |
 | Joseph Angus - English literature - 1880 - 726 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... | |
 | William Beckford - Fiction - 1883 - 446 pages
...a novelty, and retained the credit by consent, which is 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... | |
 | William Beckford - 1883 - 454 pages
...a novelty, and retained the credit by consent, which is 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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