 | Julie Nash - 2006 - 236 pages
...and/or untouchable heroine. Many writers of fiction heeded Samuel Johnson's warning in The Rambler that: 'It is justly considered as the greatest excellency of art, to imitate nature; but it is necessary to distinguish those parts of nature, which are most proper for imitation.'14 The 'true... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 538 pages
...employed ; as a diamond, though it cannot be made, may be polished by art, and placed in such a situalion, as to display that lustre which before was buried...justly considered as the greatest excellency of art, Ito imitate nature ; but it is necessary to distinguish those parts of nature, which are most proper... | |
 | René Wellek - 1978 - 768 pages
...246—7: »knowledge of life and manners« . . . »accuracy of observation«. 22. Raleigh, S. 161—2: »It is justly considered as the greatest excellency of art, to imitate nature; but it is necessary to distinguish those parts of nature, which are most proper for imitation: greater care... | |
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It is justly considered as the greatest excellency of art, to imitate nature; but it is necessary to distinguish those parts of nature, which are most proper for imitation: greater care is still required in representing life, which is so often discoloured... 
