 He thinks in a peculiar train, and he thinks always as a man of genius; he looks round on Nature and on Life with the eye which Nature beitows only on a poet; the eye that distinguishes, in every thing presented to its view, whatever there is on which...  A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen - Page 374by Thomas Thomson - 1855Full view - About this book
 | Robert Forsyth - 1805 - 616 pages
...the eye which nature bestows only on a poet ; the eye that distinguishes in every thing represented to its view whatever there is on which imagination...that at once comprehends the vast, and attends to (he minute. The reader of the Seasons wonders that he Eminent sever saw before what Thomson shews him-;... | |
 | Robert Forsyth - 1805 - 636 pages
...the eye which nature bestows only on a poet ; the eye that distinguishes in every thing represented to its view whatever there is on which imagination can delight to be detained, and with a! miud that at once comprehends the vast, and attends the minute. The reader of the Seasons wonders that... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1807 - 402 pages
...bestows nniy on a. poet ; the eye that distinguishes in every thing presented to its view, whatever [here is on which imagination can delight to be detained;...the minute. The reader of the seasons wonders that be never saw before what Thomson shews him, and that he never yet has felt what Thomson impresses.... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1807 - 378 pages
...nature and on life with the eye which Nature bestows only on a poet ; the eye that distinguishes, in every thing presented to its view, whatever there...can delight to be detained, and with a mind that at ontfe comprehends the vast, and attends to the minute. The reader of the Season* wonders that he never... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1809 - 400 pages
...the eye " which nature beftows only on a Poet; the eye that diftinguimes *' in every thing prefehted to its view, whatever there is on which " imagination...; and with a mind, that " at once comprehends the vail and attends to the minute. The " Reader of the Seafo'ns wonders that he never faw before what... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 536 pages
...Nature and on Life with the eye which Nature beitows only on a poet; the eye that distinguishes, in every thing presented to its view, whatever there...vast and attends to the minute. The reader of the Sea-\ tons wonders that he never saw before what Thomson shows him, and that he never yet ' has felt... | |
 | Thomas Green - 1810 - 262 pages
...Invention, Imagination, and Judgment:" and to Thomson, " that poetical eye, which distinguishes, in every thing presented to its view, whatever there is on which imagination delights to be detained.". — Of Akenside's Pleasures of the Imagination, he observes, that the subject... | |
 | James Thomson - 1811 - 182 pages
...natnre and on life with the eye which natare bestows only on a poet; the eye that distingnishes, in every thing presented to its view, whatever there...that at once comprehends the vast, and attends to the minnte. The reader of the * Seasons' wonders that he never saw before what Thomson shows him, and that... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1816 - 532 pages
...the eye which Nature bestows only on a poet; the eye that distinguishes, in every thing represented to its view, whatever there is on which imagination...once comprehends the vast, and attends to the minute Tlie reader of the " Seasons" wonders that he never saw before what Thomson shews him, and that he... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1815 - 660 pages
...Nature and on Life, with the eye which Nature bestows only on a poet ; the eye that distinguishes, in every thing presented to its view, whatever there...comprehends the vast, and attends to the minute. The gaiety of Spring, the splendour of. Summer, the tranquillity of Autumn, and the horror of Winter, take,... | |
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