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. He... Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia - Seite 47von Samuel Johnson - 1909 - 192 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 162 Seiten
...large appearances; he does not number the streaks of the tulip, or describe the different shades in the verdure of the forest. He is to exhibit in his...of nature such prominent and striking features, as recal the original to every mind; and must neglect the minuter discriminations, whicli one may have... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 376 Seiten
...large appearances ; he does not number the streaks of the tulip, or describe the different shades in the verdure of the forest. He is to exhibit in his...of nature such prominent and striking features as, recal the original to every mind ; and must neglect the minuter descriminations, which one may have... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 230 Seiten
...large appearances : he does not number the streaks of the tulip, or describe the different shades in the verdure of the forest. He is to exhibit in his...of nature such prominent and striking features, as recal the original to every mind ; and must neglect the minuter discriminations, which one may have... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 428 Seiten
...large appearances ; he does not number the streaks of the tulip, or describe the different shades in the verdure of the forest. He is to exhibit in his...have remarked, and another have neglected, for those characteristicks which are alike obvious to vigilance and carelessness. "But the knowledge of nature... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Francis William Blagdon - 1811 - 250 Seiten
...large appearances ; he does not number the streaks of the tulip, or describe the different shades in the verdure of the forest. He is to exhibit in his...have remarked, and another have neglected, for those characteristicks which are alike obvious to vigilance and carelessness. " But the knowledge of nature... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 194 Seiten
...large appearances : he does not number the streaks of the tulip, or describe the different shades in the verdure of the forest. He is to exhibit in his...of nature such prominent and striking features, as recal the original to every mind; and'must neglect the minuter discriminations, which one may have... | |
| Elegant extracts - 1812 - 310 Seiten
...large appearances j he does not number the streaks of the tulip, or describe the different shades in the verdure of the forest. He is to exhibit in his...of nature such prominent and striking features as recal the original to every mind; and must neglect the minuter discriminations, which one may have... | |
| James Rennell - 1814 - 198 Seiten
...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 prominent and " striking features, as recal the original to every mind ; and must neglect the " minuter discriminations which one may ha/e... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1815 - 272 Seiten
...large appearances; he does noi number the •treats of the tulip, or describe the different shades in the verdure of the forest. He is to exhibit in his...recall the original to every mind ; and must neglect ihe minuter discriminations, which one may have remarked and another have neglected, for those characteristics... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 484 Seiten
...large appearances ; he does not number the streaks of the tulip, or describe the different shades in the verdure of the forest. He is to exhibit in his...have remarked, and another have neglected, for those characteristicks which are alike obvious to vigilance and carelessness, " But the knowledge of nature... | |
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