 are not requisite for an historian; for in historical composition, all the greatest powers of the human mind are quiescent. He has facts ready to his hand : so there is no exercise of invention. Imagination is not required in any high degree : only about...  Selections from Carlyle - Page 261by Thomas Carlyle - 1896 - 283 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Boswell - 1822 - 514 pages
...but to which I. trust I never shall be forced. " Great abilities (said he) are not requisite for art Historian ; for in historical composition, all the...invention. Imagination is not required in any high degree : only about as much as is used in the lower kinds of poetry. Some penetration, accuracy, and colouring,,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1822 - 508 pages
...but to which I trust I never shall be forced. " Great abilities (said he) are not requisite for an Historian ; for in historical composition, all the...invention. Imagination is not required in any high de~ gree : only about as much as is used in the lower kinds of poetry. Some penetration, accuracy,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, James Boswell - 1825 - 370 pages
...abilities (he said) were not requisite for an historian ; for in historical composition, all the great powers of the human mind are quiescent. He has facts ready to his hands ; so there is no exercise of invention. Imagination is not required in any high degree ; only... | |
 | James Boswell - 1827 - 622 pages
...but to which I trust I never shall be forced. " Great abilities ( said he) are not requisite for an ; you cannot go back, as you do upon a book." anv high degree ; only about as much as is used in the lower kinds of poetry. Some penetration, accuracy,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 604 pages
...but to which I trust I never shall be forced. " Great abilities," said he, " are not requisite for an historian; for in historical composition, all the...invention. Imagination is not required in any high degree : only about as much as is used in the lower kinds of poetry. Some penetration, accuracy, and colouring,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 602 pages
...but to which I trust I never shall be forced. " Great abilities," said he, " are not requisite for an historian ; for in historical composition, all the...invention. Imagination is not required in any high degree : only about as much as is used in the lower kinds of poetry. Some penetration, accuracy, and colouring,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 600 pages
...but to which I trust I never shall be forced. " Great abilities," said he, " are not requisite for an historian ; for in historical composition, all the...quiescent. He has facts ready to his hand : so there is no1 exercise of invention. Imagination is not required in any high degree : only about as much as is... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 604 pages
...but to which I trust I never shall be forced. " Great abilities," said he, " are not requisite for an Corrichatachin said they hoped to only about as much as is used in the lower kinds of poetry. Some penetration, accuracy, and colouring,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 378 pages
...but to which I trust I never shall be forced. " Great abilities" said he, " are not requisite for an historian; for in historical composition all the greatest...invention. Imagination is not required in any high degree; only about as much as is used in the lower kinds of poetry. Some penetration, accuracy, and colouring,... | |
 | 1866 - 956 pages
...pugnacious mind, very little of a philosopher. " Great abilities," he said, " are not requisite for an historian, for in historical composition all the greatest...are quiescent. He has facts ready to his hand, so that there is no exercise of invention. Imagination is not required in any high degree, — only about... | |
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