 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 - Page 88by Charles Sumner Olcott - 1913 - 414 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1837 - 314 pages
...his scrupulousness ; but I understood him when he replied, ' that in nature herself no two scenes are 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 Gibson Lockhart - Authors, Scottish - 1837 - 460 pages
...his scrupulousness ; but I understood him when he replied, ' that in nature herself no two scenes are exactly alike, and that whoever copied truly what...exhibit apparently an imagination as boundless as die range of nature in the scenes he recorded ; whereas — whoever trusted to imagination, would soon... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - Authors, Scottish - 1837 - 428 pages
...his scrupulousness ; but 1 understood him when he replied, 'that in nature herself no two scenes are exactly alike, and that whoever copied truly what...was before his eyes, would possess the same variety iu his descriptions, and exhihit apparently an imagination as boundless as the range of nature in the... | |
 | Fashion - 740 pages
...short, at his scrupulousness; but I understood him when he replied, ' that in Nature no two scenes were exactly alike, and that whoever copied truly what...the scenes he recorded; whereas, whoever trusted to his imagination would soon find his own mind circumscribed and contracted to a few images, and the... | |
 | Fashion - 1867 - 738 pages
...short, at his scrupulousness; but I understood him when he replied, 'that in Nature no two scenes were exactly alike, and that whoever copied truly what...the scenes he recorded; whereas, whoever trusted to his imagination would soon find his own mind circumscribed and contracted to a few images, and the... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1841 - 848 pages
...scrupulousness ; but 1 understood him when he replied, ' that in nature herself no two scenes were fair and generous faith, And my deep debt for life...well deserved : Can nought but blood our feud atone hia own mind circumscribed, and contracted to a few favourite images.'" — Life QfSfott, vol. iv.... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - English language - 1845 - 456 pages
...herself no two scenes are exactly alike ; and that whoever copied tndy what was before his eyes, woul,l possess the same variety in his descriptions, and...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... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - English language - 1845 - 454 pages
...possess the same variety in his descriptions, and exhibit appa rently an imagination as boundless as tlte range of nature in the scenes he recorded; whereas,...his own mind circumscribed and contracted to a few favorite images, and th« repetition of these would sooner or later produce that very monotony and... | |
 | 412 pages
...his surprise at this minute scrutiny, Sir Walter Scott remarked " that in nature no two scenes are exactly alike, and that whoever copied truly what...recorded; whereas, whoever trusted to imagination would won find his own mind circumscribed and contracted to a few favourite images, and the repetition of... | |
 | Francis Trench - Scotland - 1846 - 630 pages
...mind, any such satiety. Well has Sir Walter Scott observed, " that in nature herself no two scenes were exactly alike, and that whoever copied truly what...as the range of nature in the scenes he recorded." Now, what Scott says here of copying is equally true, as to observing. Nor can I understand at all... | |
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