 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
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...night. 'Poetical genius,' Blacklock declares, 'depends entirely on the quickness of moral feeling.' '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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