 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 162 oldal
...cannot walk abroad without the sight of something which I had never beheld before, or never heeded." "The business of a poet," said Imlac, "is to examine,...mind; and must neglect the minuter discriminations, whicli one may have remarked, and another have neglected, for those characteristics which are alike... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 376 oldal
...cannot walk abroad without the sight of something which I had never beheld before, or never heeded.'' " The business of a poet," said Imlac, " is to examine,...original to every mind ; and must neglect the minuter descriminations, which one may have remarked, and another have neglected, for those characteristicks... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 210 oldal
...walk abroad without the sight of something .which •I had never beheld before, or never heeded." " The business of a poet," said Imlac, " is to examine, not the individual, but the species; to remark 4 general properties and large appearances; he does not number the streaks of the tulip, or describe... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1810 - 458 oldal
...cannot walk abroad without the sight of something which I had never beheld before, or never heeded." " The business of a poet, said Imlac, is to examine,...of nature such prominent and striking features as recall the original to every mind ; and must neglect the minuter discriminations, which one may have... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 194 oldal
...walk abroad without the sight of something which I had never beheld before, or never heeded." - ' " The business of a poet," said Imlac, " is to examine,...striking features, as recal the original to every mind; and'must neglect the minuter discriminations, which one may have remarked, and another have neglected,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 428 oldal
...something which I had never beheld before, or never heeded." "The business of a poet," said Imlac,"isto examine, not the individual, but the species ; to...of nature such prominent and striking features as recall the original to every mind ; and must neglect the minuter discriminations, which one may have... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Francis William Blagdon - 1811 - 250 oldal
...heeded." " The business of a poet," said Imlac, "is to examine, not the individual, but the speeies ; to remark general properties and large appearances...of nature such prominent and striking features as recall the original to every mind ; and must neglect the minuter discriminations, which one may have... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 310 oldal
...cannot walk abroad without the *ight of something which I never beheld before, or never heeded.' ' The business of a poet,' said Imlac, ' is to examine,...to remark general properties and large appearances j he does not number the streaks of the tulip, or describe the different shades in the verdure of the... | |
 | James Rennell - 1814 - 198 oldal
...his Rasselas : " The business of a Poet is to remark general properties and large appear" ances : — he is to exhibit, in his portraits of nature, such...neglect the " minuter discriminations which one may ha/e remarked, and another have " neglected, for those characteristics, which are alike obvious to... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1815 - 272 oldal
...cannot walk abroad without the sight of something which I had never beheld before, or never heeded." "The business of a poet," said Imlac, "is to examine,...general properties and large appearances; he does noi number the •treats of the tulip, or describe the different shades in the verdure of the forest.... | |
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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. 
