 | Samuel Johnson - 1759 - 176 pages
...now, 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."...tulip, or defcribe the different fhades in the verdure dure of ^he foreft. He is to exhibit in his portraits of nature fuch prominent and ftriking features,... | |
 | Giuseppe Baretti - 1772 - 490 pages
...cir*' cuit of thcfe mountains, " and yet cannot walk a" broad, without the fight " of fomething wh c!i I had *' never beheld before, or " never heeded."...not number the ftreaks of the tulip, or defcribe the dînèrent (hades of the verdure of the fore It: he is to exhibit in his portraits of nature fuch prominent... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 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,...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 and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 586 pages
...now, 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 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 and... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 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...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 prominent... | |
 | 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 - 1801 - 462 pages
...now, 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 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 and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 162 pages
...heeded." "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 is to exhibit... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 376 pages
...heeded.'' " 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 is to exhibit... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 230 pages
...heeded." " 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 is to exhibit... | |
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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. 
