 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 ... - 341. oldalszerző: Laurence Sterne - 1823 - 659 oldalTeljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 162 oldal
...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 - 1806 - 376 oldal
...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 - 1809 - 210 oldal
...surveyed has contributed something to my poetical powers." " In so wide a survey," said the prince, " yon must surely have left much unobserved. I have lived...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 - 1810 - 230 oldal
...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 - 1811 - 194 oldal
...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... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 310 oldal
...within the circuit of these mountains, and yet cannot walk abroad without the *ight of something which I never beheld before, or never heeded.' ' The business...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1815 - 272 oldal
...prince, *' you must surely have left much unobserved. T have lived, till now, within ihe circuit of these mountains, and yet cannot walk abroad without the...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.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 250 oldal
...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 - 1816 - 484 oldal
...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... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1817 - 194 oldal
...now, within the circuit of these mountains, and yet cannot walk abroad without the sight of ssmething which I had never beheld before, or never heeded."...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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