 | Samuel Johnson - 1876 - 430 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,...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... | |
 | 1881 - 884 oldal
...a theory propounded in " Rasselas" to the effect that the business of the poet is to remark only " general properties and large appearances. He does...different shades in the verdure of the forest." He must " neglect the minuter discriminations for those characteristics which are alike obvious to vigilance... | |
 | William Gilpin - 1883 - 428 oldal
...His opinion therefore, in a point of this kind, was unbiassed. ' The business of a poet,' says he, ' is, to examine — not the individual, but the species — to remark general, and large appearances. He does not number the streaks of the Tulip, nor describe the different shades... | |
 | Maude Gillette Phillips - 1885 - 648 oldal
...BOSWELL. QUOTATIONS. Imlac's Description of the Requirements of a Poet. — " The business of a poet is to examine not the individual, but the species...or describe the different shades in the verdure of a forest. He is to exhibit in his portraits of nature such prominent and striking features as recall... | |
 | Maude Gillette Phillips - 1885 - 612 oldal
...BosWELL. QUOTATIONS. Imlac's Description of the Requirements of a Poet. — " The business of a poet is to examine not the individual, but the species;...or describe the different shades in the verdure of a forest. He is to exhibit in his portraits of nature such prominent and striking features as recall... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1891 - 286 oldal
...walk abroad without the sight of something which I had 10 never beheld before, or never heeded." " The business of a poet," said Imlac, " is to examine,...streaks of the tulip, or describe the different shades 15 in the verdure of the forest : he is to exhibit in his portraits of nature such prominent and striking... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1892 - 668 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,...in the verdure of the forest. He is to exhibit in hij portraits of nature such prominent and striking features as recall the original to every mind,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1895 - 252 oldal
...hllt tVl£^r"-'"SJ to remark Qperties and large appearances. He does not number the streaJcs~6Ftlie tulip, or describe the different shades in the verdure of the forest. He is 15 to exhibit in his portraits of nature such prominent and striking features as recall- the original... | |
 | James Kirby - 1897 - 424 oldal
...grandeur of the outline of the surrounding hills. "The business of the poet," said 1m lac in Rasselas, " is to examine, not the individual, but the species;...appearances ; he does not number the streaks of the tulip, nor describe the different shades in the verdure of the forest." No; he deals not with minute details... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1898 - 228 oldal
...never beheld before, or never heeded.' ' The business of a poet,' said Imlac, ' is to examine, not jo the individual, but the species ; to remark general...the forest : he is to exhibit in his portraits of natum such prominent and striking features, as recal the original t£ every I PRINCE OF ABrSSINIA.... | |
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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. 
