 | Samuel Johnson - 1909 - 204 oldal
...walk abroad without the sight of something which I had never beheld before, or never heeded." " This business of a poet," said Imlac, " is to examine,...streaks of the tulip, or describe the different shades of the verdure of the forest. He is to exhibit in his portraits of nature such prominent and striking... | |
 | George Saintsbury - 1911 - 644 oldal
[ Sajnáljuk, az oldal tartalma korlátozott hozzáférésű. ] | |
 | Edwin Almiron Greenlaw - 1912 - 336 oldal
...famous summary of pseudo-classic theory of style is in Rasselas, chapter x: "The business of the poet is to examine, not the individual but the species;...the different shades in the verdure of the forest." 6. The chief influence of Johnson, however, has been felt rather through his conversation, as reported... | |
 | Edwin Greenlaw - 1912 - 382 oldal
...famous summary of pseudo-classic theory of style is in Rasselas, chapter x: "The business of the poet is to examine, not the individual but the species;...the different shades in the verdure of the forest." 6. The chief influence of Johnson, however, has been felt rather through his conversation, as reported... | |
 | Eugen Kölbing, Johannes Hoops, Reinald Hoops - 1912 - 522 oldal
...seine abweisung des koexistierenden , der maierei in der dichtung , wenn er von dem dichter verlangt, "general properties and large appearances. He does...the streaks of the tulip or describe the different shapes in the verdure of the forest." Überhaupt würde eine Untersuchung über Johnson und Lessing... | |
 | 1913 - 490 oldal
...language of poetry vague, trite, and conventional. " The business of a poet," Johnson tells us, "... is to examine, not the individual, but the species...the different shades in the verdure of the forest." 1 If the descriptive poetry of the time had not been devoted so exclusively to "general properties... | |
 | Richard Pape Cowl - 1914 - 346 oldal
...1756-1782. Not the individual but the species. Not the streaks of the tulip. The business of a poet ... is to examine, not the individual but the species...forest ; he is to exhibit in his portraits of nature, Prominent such prominent and striking features, as recall the original f"a'luSra^"1E to every mind... | |
 | Uriah Milton Rose, George B. Rose - 1914 - 426 oldal
...grandeur of the outline of the surrounding hills. "The business of the poet," said Imlac 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... | |
 | Richard Pape Cowl - 1914 - 346 oldal
...species ; to remark general properties Not the and large appearances. He does not number the streaks of the forest ; he is to exhibit in his portraits of nature, Prominent such prominent and striking features, as recall the original futures"""8 to every mind ;... | |
 | Hans Meier - 1916 - 124 oldal
...wahren,173) und hat seiner Ansicht im Rasselas m) bekannten Ausdruck gegeben: The business of a poet — is to examine not the individual, but the species;...in the verdure of the forest. He is to exhibit in Ms portraits of nature such prominent and striking features as recall the original to every mind and... | |
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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. 
