 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 - 1879 - 510 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... | |
 | 1880 - 556 pàgines
...quotations from Johnson's writings. Imlac in narrating his life describes his attempts to become a poet. •"-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... | |
 | Royal Society of Literature (Great Britain) - 1882 - 854 pàgines
...without the sight of something which I had never before beheld, or never heeded." " The business of the poet," said Imlac, " is to examine not the individual...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... | |
 | William Beckford - 1883 - 454 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... | |
 | William Beckford - 1883 - 452 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 - 1883 - 168 pàgines
...abroad without the sight of something which I had never beheld before, or never heeded.' ' The busines of a poet,' said Imlac, ' is to examine not the individual,...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 - 1891 - 286 pàgines
...circuit of these mountains, and yet cannot walk abroad without the sight of something which I had 10 never beheld before, or never heeded." " The business...streaks of the tulip, or describe the different shades 15 in the verdure of the forest : he is to exhibit in his portraits of nature such prominent and striking... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1895 - 670 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... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1895 - 660 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 - 1898 - 228 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...business of a poet,' said Imlac, ' is to examine, not jo the individual, but the species ; to remark general properties and large appearances. He does not... | |
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