 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 Prince of Abissinia: A Tale : in Two Volumes - Page 68by Samuel Johnson - 1759 - 165 lehteFull view - About this book
 | Giuseppe Baretti - 1772 - 490 lehte
...cir*' cuit of thcfe mountains, " and yet cannot walk a" broad, without the fight " of fomething wh c!i I had *' never beheld before, or " never heeded."...not number the ftreaks of the tulip, or defcribe the dînèrent (hades of the verdure of the fore It: he is to exhibit in his portraits of nature fuch prominent... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1783 - 324 lehte
...abroad without the fight of fomething which I had never beheid before, or never heeded." *c The bufmefs of a poet, faid Imlac, is to examine, not the individual,...tulip, or defcribe the different fhades in the verdure of the foreft. He is to exhibit in his portraits of nature fuch prominent and ftriking features, as... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 560 lehte
...abroad without the fight of fomething which I had never beheld before, or never heeded." " The bufmefs of a poet, faid Imlac, is to examine, not the individual,...tulip, or defcribe the different fhades in the verdure of the foreft. He is to exhibit in his portraits of nature fuch prominent and ftriking features, as... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 546 lehte
...abroad without the fight of fomething which I had never beheld before, or never heeded." " The bufmefs of a poet, faid Imlac, is to examine, not the individual,...the ftreaks of the tulip, or defcribe the different {hades in the verdure of the foreft. He is to exhibit in his portraits of nature fuch prominent and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 534 lehte
.../ " The bufinefs of a poet, faid Imlac, is to examine, not the individual, but thefpeciesj toremark general properties and large appearances; he does...tulip, or defcribe the different fhades in the verdure of the foreft. He is to exhibit in his portraits of nature fuch prominent and ftriking features, as... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1790 - 318 lehte
...fomething which I had never beheld before, or never heeded." " The bufmefs of a poet," faid Imlac, ft is to examine, not the individual, but the fpecies...tulip", or defcribe the different fhades in the verdure of the foreft. He is to exhibit in his portraits of nature fuch prominent and ftriking features, as... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 586 lehte
...poetical powers." " In fo wide a furvey, faid the prince, you muft furely have left much unoblerved. I have lived, till now, within the circuit of thefe...the ftreaks of the tulip, or defcribe the, different Jthades in the verdure of the foreft. He is to exhibit in his portraits of nature fuch prominent and... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1797 - 516 lehte
...within the circuit of thefe mountains, and yet canuot walk abroad without the fight of fomething which I never, beheld before, or never heeded." " The bufinefs...the ftreaks of the tulip, or defcribe the different íluuics in the verdure of the forelL He is to exhibit in his portraits of nature • fuch prominent... | |
 | 1797 - 522 lehte
...of femething which I never beheld before, or never heeded." « The bufinefs of a poet," faid Imk, " is to examine, not the individual, but the fpecies,...properties and large appearances: he does not number the fireaks of the tulip, or describe the different (hades in the verdure of the foreft. He is to exhibit... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 462 lehte
...poetical powers." " In fo wide a furvey, faid the prince, you. muft furely have left much unobferved. I have lived till now, within the circuit of thefe mountains,...the ftreaks of the tulip, or defcribe the different Ihades in the verdure of the foreft. He is to exhibit in his portraits of nature fuch prominent and... | |
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