 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 - 1846 - 416 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... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 560 pages
...within the circuit of these mountains, and yet cannot walk abroad without the sight of something which I 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... | |
 | Horace - 1855 - 718 pages
...uses, give this truth the happiest illustration. Compare the following passage from " Rasselas. ?' " 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 - 1856 - 118 pages
...survey," said the prince, " vou must surely nave left much unobserved. I have lived till now within tlm circuit of the mountains, and yet cannot walk abroad...the streaks of the tulip, or describe the different shados of the verdure of the forest. He is to exhibit in his portraits o. nature such prominent and... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - 650 pages
...within the circuit of these mountains, and yet cannot walk abroad without the sight of something which I never beheld before, or never heeded." " The business...remark general properties and large appearances : he docs not number the streaks of the tulip, or describe the different shades in the verdure of the forest.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Conduct of life - 1857 - 452 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... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - Elocution - 1857 - 428 pages
...within the circuit of these mountains, and yet cannot walk abroad without the sight of something which I 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1860 - 250 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...The business of a poet " said Imlac " is to examine, 104 not the individual, but the species ; to remark general properties and large appearances. He does... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - American literature - 1875 - 660 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 - 1876 - 430 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...properties and large appearances ; he does not number the strcaka of the tulip, or describe the different shades in the verdure of the forest He is to exhibit... | |
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