 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 ... - Page 341by Laurence Sterne - 1823 - 659 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 420 pages
...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 - Elocution - 1819 - 448 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 - English literature - 1823 - 482 pages
...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 pages
...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 - English prose literature - 1825 - 668 pages
...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 pages
...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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