 | Hugh Blair - Literary forgeries and mystifications - 1763 - 94 pages
...true Poet makes us imagine that we fee it before our eyes: he catches the diitinguifhing features ; he gives it the colours of life and reality ;' he places it in luch a light that a painter could copy after him. This happy talent is chiefly owing to a lively imagination,... | |
 | Poetry - 1773 - 466 pages
...true poet makes us imagine that we fee it before, our eyes : he catches the diftinguifhing features $ he gives it the colours of life and reality ; he places it infuch a light that a painter could copyafter him. This happy talent is chiefly owing to a lively imagination,... | |
 | 1785 - 456 pages
...true poet makes us imagine that we fee it before our eyes: he catches the diftinguifhing features • he gives it the colours of life and reality; he places it in fuch a light that a painrer could copy after him. This happy talent is chiefly owing to a lively imagination, which firft... | |
 | Scottish Gaelic poetry - 1790 - 344 pages
...true poet makes us imagine that we fee it before our eyes : he catches the diftinguifhing features ; he gives it the colours of life and reality; he places it in fuch a light that a painter ccmld copy after him. This happy talent is chiefly owing to a lively imagination, which firft receives... | |
 | James Macpherson - 1801 - 348 pages
...us imagine that we fee it before our eyes : he catches the diliinguifhing features ; he gives it ths colours of life and reality; he places it in fuch...painter could copy after him. This happy talent is chidly owing to a lively imagination , which firft receives a flrong impreffion of the object; and... | |
 | Ossian - 1801 - 364 pages
...that \ve fee it before our eyes: he catches the diifinguifhing features ; he gives it the colour:, of life and reality; he places it in fuch a light...painter could copy after him. This happy talent is chiefty owing to a lively imagination, which firft receives a fhong impreffion of the object; and then,... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1802 - 414 pages
...true poet makes us imagine tlurt we fee it before our eyes ; he catches the diftinguifhing features ; he gives it the colours of life and reality ; he places...after him. This happy talent is chiefly owing to a tlrong imagination, which firft receives a lively impreflion. of the obje£l ; and then, by employing... | |
 | Bards and bardism - 1803 - 350 pages
...true poet makes us imagine that we see it before our eyes : he catches the distinguishing features ; he gives it the colours of life and reality ; he places it in such a light that a painter could copy after him. This happy talent is chiefly owing to a lively imagination,... | |
 | Ossian - 1806 - 366 pages
...true poet makes us imagine that we see it before our eyes : he catches the distinguishing features ; he gives it the colours of life and reality ; he places it in such a light that a painter could copy after him. This happy talent is chiefly owing to a lively imagination,... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1807 - 402 pages
...true poet makes us imagine that we see it before our eyes ; he catches the distinguishing features ; he gives it the colours of life and reality ; he places it in such a light that a painter could copy after him. This happy talent is chiefly owing to a strong imagination,... | |
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Whereas, a true poet makes us imagine that we see it before our eyes ; he catches the distinguishing features ; he gives it the colours of life and reality ; he places it in such a light that a painter could copy after him. 
