Search Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »
Sign in
Books Books
" 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. "
The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page 11
by Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 687 pages
Full view - About this book

Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia

Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 162 pages
...prince, "you must surely have left much unobserved. I have lived till now within the circuit of these mountains, and yet cannot walk abroad without the...streaks of the tulip, or describe the different shades in the verdure of the forest. He is to exhibit in his portraits of nature such prominent and striking...
Full view - About this book

The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 376 pages
...prince, " you must surely have left much unobserved. I have lived till now, within the circuit of these mountains, and yet cannot walk abroad without the...streaks of the tulip, or describe the different shades in the verdure of the forest. He is to exhibit in his portraits of nature such prominent and striking...
Full view - About this book

Rasselas: A Tale

Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 210 pages
...surveyed has contributed something to my poetical powers." " In so wide a survey," said the prince, " yon must surely have left much unobserved. I have lived...examine, not the individual, but the species; to remark 4 general properties and large appearances; he does not number the streaks of the tulip, or describe...
Full view - About this book

Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia: A Tale

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 230 pages
...prince, you must surely have left much unobserved. I have lived, till now, within the circuit of these mountains, and yet cannot walk abroad without the...streaks of the tulip, or describe the different shades in the verdure of the forest. He is to exhibit in his portraits of nature such prominent and striking...
Full view - About this book

Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia: A Tale

Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 194 pages
...prince, "you must surely have left much unobserved. I have lived, till now, within the circuit of these mountains, and yet cannot walk abroad without the...streaks of the tulip, or describe the different shades in the verdure of the forest. He is to exhibit in his portraits of nature such prominent and striking...
Full view - About this book

Works, Volume 3

Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 428 pages
...prince, " you must surely have left much unobserved. I have lived till now, within the circuit of these mountains, and yet cannot walk abroad without the...before, or never heeded." "The business of a poet," said Imlac,"isto examine, not the individual, but the species ; to remark general properties and large appearances...
Full view - About this book

The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia

Samuel Johnson, Francis William Blagdon - 1811 - 250 pages
...mountains, and yet cannot walk abroad without the sight of something which I had never beheld belore, or never heeded." " The business of a poet," said Imlac, "is to examine, not the individual, but the speeies ; to remark general properties and large appearances ; he does not number the streaks of the...
Full view - About this book

Elegant extracts: a copious selection of passages from the most ..., Volume 2

Elegant extracts - 1812 - 310 pages
...within the circuit of these mountains, and yet cannot walk abroad without the *ight of something which I never beheld before, or never heeded.' ' The business...to remark general properties and large appearances j he does not number the streaks of the tulip, or describe the different shades in the verdure of the...
Full view - About this book

The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia: A Tale

Samuel Johnson - 1815 - 272 pages
...prince, *' you must surely have left much unobserved. T have lived, till now, within ihe circuit of these mountains, and yet cannot walk abroad without the...general properties and large appearances; he does noi number the •treats of the tulip, or describe the different shades in the verdure of the forest....
Full view - About this book

The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 3

Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 484 pages
...prince, you must surely have left much unobserved. I have lived till now, within the circuit of these mountains, and yet cannot walk abroad without the...streaks of the tulip, or describe the different shades in the verdure of the forest. He is to exhibit in his portraits of nature such prominent and striking...
Full view - About this book




  1. My library
  2. Help
  3. Advanced Book Search
  4. Download EPUB
  5. Download PDF