 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
 | 1900 - 674 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... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1908 - 476 pàgines
...favor of the specific. Dr. Johnson, however, has recorded in Rasselas a somewhat different opinion: "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... | |
 | 1908 - 464 pàgines
...favor of the specific. Dr. Johnson, however, has recorded in Rasselas a somewhat different opinion: "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... | |
 | William Paton Ker - 1909 - 32 pàgines
...feels the want of that minute accuracy which in Rasselas he had treated as unnecessary for the 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.' But in the Journey the explorer wishes he could remember things more... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1909 - 204 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." " This business of a poet," said Imlac, " is to examine, not the individual, but the species ; to remark... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1886 - 180 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...properties and large appearances : he does not number the__ ftt.reaks of the tulip, or describe the different shades in the verdure of the forest. He is... | |
 | Percy Hazen Houston - 1923 - 346 pàgines
...humanistic conception of art were fundamental in his own literary creed. "The business of the poet," says Imlac, "is to examine, not the individual, but the...streaks of the tulip, or describe the different shades in the verdure of the forest." And the following, also quoted, from Rambler 36: "Poetry cannot dwell... | |
 | William Paton Ker - 1925 - 368 pàgines
...feels the want of that minute accuracy which in Rasselas he had treated as unnecessary for the 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." But in the Journey the explorer wishes he could remember things more... | |
 | William Paton Ker - 1925 - 366 pàgines
...feels the want of that minute accuracy which in Rasselas he had treated as unnecessary for the 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." But in the Journey the explorer wishes he could remember things more... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1927 - 264 pàgines
...abroad without the sight of something which I had never beheld before, or never heeded." 3377 H " The " 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... | |
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