 I understood him when he replied, ' that in Nature herself, no two scenes were exactly alike, and that whoever copied truly what was before his eyes, would possess the same variety in his descriptions, and exhibit apparently an imagination as boundless...  The Country of Sir Walter Scott - Página 88por Charles Sumner Olcott - 1913 - 414 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1885 - 998 páginas
...the insight of genius. As in nature herself no two scenes were exactly alike, so whoever presented truly what was before his eyes would possess the same...as boundless as the range of nature in the scenes recorded. One of the greatest charms of Shakespeare, and one of the secrets of his world-wide popularity... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1885 - 364 páginas
...herself no two scenes are exactly alike ; and that whoever copies truly what is before his eyes, will possess the same variety in his descriptions, and...imagination as boundless as the range of nature in the scene he records; whereas, whoever trusts to imagination will soon find his own mind circumscribed... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1890 - 308 páginas
...at his scrupulousness, but I understood when he replied that ' in nature herself no two scenes are exactly alike, and that whoever copied truly what...mind circumscribed and contracted to a few favourite images."1 7. The throatwort on account of its bell-shaped flowers is also called 'Canterbury bells.'... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1890 - 612 páginas
...features of the scene. He took note of the little plants and ferns that grew about, saying that in nature no two scenes were ever exactly alike ; and that whoever...as the range of nature in the scenes he recorded. Here we see Scott studying from nature— it is interesting to turn to the companion picture of the... | |
 | 1891 - 1056 páginas
...his scrupulousness, but understood him when he replied, • That in nature herself no two scenes are exactly alike, and that whoever copied truly what...whoever trusted to imagination would soon find his mind circumsoribed and contracted to a few favourite images ; and the repetition of these would sooner... | |
 | William Benjamin Carpenter - 1894 - 824 páginas
...his scrupulousness ; but I understood him when he replied, that in Nature herself no two scenes were exactly alike, and that whoever copied truly what...exhibit apparently an imagination as boundless as tho range of nature in the scenes he recorded ; whereas whoever trusted to Imagination would soon find... | |
 | Angeline P. Carey - 1895 - 82 páginas
...nature herself no two scenes are exactly alike ; whoever copies truly what is before his eyes will possess the same variety in his descriptions, and...imagination as boundless as the range of nature in the scene he records ; whereas, whoever trusts to imagination will soon find his own mind contracted to... | |
 | John Franklin Genung - 1900 - 704 páginas
...his scrupulousness; but I understood him when he replied, 'that in nature herself no two scenes were exactly alike, and that whoever copied truly what...his own mind circumscribed, and contracted to a few favorite images, and the repetition of these would sooner or later produce that very monotony and barrenness... | |
 | John Franklin Genung - 1900 - 702 páginas
...scrupulousness ; but I understood him when he replied, ' that in nature herself no two i scenes were exactly alike, and that whoever copied truly what...variety in his descriptions, and exhibit apparently an im- | agination as boundless as the range of nature in the scenes he recorded ; whereas — I whoever... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1901 - 582 páginas
...scrupulousness ; but I understood him when he replied, ' that in nature herself no two scenes were exactly alike, and that whoever copied truly what...his own mind circumscribed, and contracted to a few favorite images, and the repetition of these would sooner or later produce that very monotony and barrenness... | |
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