 | Samuel Johnson - Ethiopia - 1759 - 176 pages
...within the circuit of thefe mountains, and yet cannot walk abroad without the fight of fomething which I had never beheld before, or never heeded." " The...not number the ftreaks of the tulip, or defcribe the different fhades in the verdure dure of ^he foreft. He is to exhibit in his portraits of nature fuch... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 560 pages
...abroad without the fight of fomething which I had never beheld before, or never heeded." " The bufmefs of a poet, faid Imlac, is to examine, not the individual,...not number the ftreaks of the tulip, or defcribe the different fhades in the verdure of the foreft. He is to exhibit in his portraits of nature fuch prominent... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 546 pages
...abroad without the fight of fomething which I had never beheld before, or never heeded." " The bufmefs of a poet, faid Imlac, is to examine, not the individual,...not number the ftreaks of the tulip, or defcribe the different {hades in the verdure of the foreft. He is to exhibit in his portraits of nature fuch prominent... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 534 pages
.../ " The bufinefs of a poet, faid Imlac, is to examine, not the individual, but thefpeciesj toremark general properties and large appearances; he does...not number the ftreaks of the tulip, or defcribe the different fhades in the verdure of the foreft. He is to exhibit in his portraits of nature fuch prominent... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Ethiopia - 1790 - 318 pages
...fomething which I had never beheld before, or never heeded." " The bufmefs of a poet," faid Imlac, ft is to examine, not the individual, but the fpecies...number the ftreaks of the tulip", or defcribe the different fhades in the verdure of the foreft. He is to exhibit in his portraits of nature fuch prominent... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 586 pages
...within the circuit of thefe mountains, and yet cannot walk abroad without the fight of fomething which I had never beheld before, or never heeded." " The...number the ftreaks of the tulip, or defcribe the, different Jthades in the verdure of the foreft. He is to exhibit in his portraits of nature fuch prominent... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English prose literature - 1797 - 516 pages
...within the circuit of thefe mountains, and yet canuot walk abroad without the fight of fomething which I never, beheld before, or never heeded." " The bufinefs...not number the ftreaks of the tulip, or defcribe the different íluuics in the verdure of the forelL He is to exhibit in his portraits of nature • fuch... | |
 | 1797 - 522 pages
...of femething which I never beheld before, or never heeded." « The bufinefs of a poet," faid Imk, " is to examine, not the individual, but the fpecies,...properties and large appearances: he does not number the fireaks of the tulip, or describe the different (hades in the verdure of the foreft. He is to exhibit... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Biography - 1801 - 462 pages
...within the circuit of thefe mountains, and yet cannot walk abroad without the fight of fomething which I had never beheld before, or never heeded." " The...not number the ftreaks of the tulip, or defcribe the different Ihades in the verdure of the foreft. He is to exhibit in his portraits of nature fuch prominent... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 458 pages
...within the circuit of thefe mountains, and yet cannot walk abroad without the fight of femething which I had never beheld before, or never heeded." " The...not number the ftreaks of the tulip, or defcribe the different fhades in the verdure of the foreft. He is to exhibit in his portraits of nature fuch prominent... | |
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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. 
