 The business of a poet," said Imlac, "is to examine, not the individual, but the species ; to remark general properties and large appearances ; he does not number the streaks of the tulip, or describe the different shades in the verdure of the forest....  The Novels of Sterne, Goldsmith, Dr. Johnson, Mackenzie, Horace Walpole, and ... - Pàgina 341per Laurence Sterne - 1823 - 659 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 420 pàgines
...within the circuit of these mountains, and yet cannot walk abroad without the sight of something which J had never beheld before, or never heeded." " The business...streaks of the tulip, or describe the different shades in the verdure of the forest. He is to exhibit in his portraits of nature such prominent and striking... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1819 - 448 pàgines
...cannot walk abroad without the sight of something which I never beheld before, or never h ceded ." " The business of a poet," said Imlac, " is to examine,...streaks of the tulip, or describe the different shades in the verdure of the forest. He is to exhibit in his portraits of nature such prominent and striking... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 278 pàgines
...prince, you must surely have left much unobserved. I have lived till now, within the circuit of these mountains, and yet cannot walk abroad without the...streaks of the tulip, or describe the different shades in the verdure of the forest. He is to exhibit in his portraits of nature such prominent and striking... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 456 pàgines
...prince, " you must surely have left much unobserved. I have lived, till now, within the circuit of these mountains, and yet cannot walk abroad without the...examine, not the individual, but the species ; to re- v mark general properties and large appearances ; . he (logs noi^ number the streaks j)f the tulip,... | |
 | 1823
...prince, you must surely have left much unobserved. I have lived till now, within the circuit of these mountains, and yet cannot walk abroad without the...streaks of the tulip, or describe the different shades in the verdure of the forest. He is to exhibit in his portraits of nature such prominent and striking... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1823 - 768 pàgines
...surveyed has contributed something to my poetical powers." " In so wide a survey," said the Prince, " you must surely have left much unobserved. I have...which I had never beheld before, or never heeded." a " The business of a poet," said Imlac, " is to examine, not the individual, but the species ; to... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 482 pàgines
...prince, you must surely have left much unobserved. I have lived till now, within the circuit of these mountains, and yet cannot walk abroad without the...to examine, not the individual, but the species; to rejnark general properties and large appearances ; he does not number the streaks of the tulip, or... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 514 pàgines
...prince," you must surely have left much unobserved. I have lived till now, within the circuit of these mountains, and yet cannot walk abroad without the...streaks of the tulip, or describe the different shades in the verdure of the forest. He is to exhibit, in his portraits of nature, such prominent and striking... | |
 | George Walker - 1825 - 668 pàgines
...prince, " you must surely have left much unobserved. I have lived, till now, within the circuit of these mountains, and yet cannot walk abroad without the...streaks of the tulip, or describe the different shades in the verdure of the forest. He is to exhibit in his portraits of nature such prominent and striking... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 504 pàgines
...left much unobserved. I have lived till now, within the circuit of these mountains, and yet cannot i walk abroad without the sight of something, which...streaks of the tulip, or describe the different shades in the verdure of the forest. He is to exhibit, in his portraits of nature, such prominent and striking... | |
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