 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 162 pages
...something which I had never beheld before, or never 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 376 pages
...something which I had never beheld before, or never 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Historical fiction - 1809 - 210 pages
...poet," said Imlac, " is to 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 the different shades of the verdure of the forest. He is to exhibit in his portraits of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Ethiopia - 1810 - 230 pages
...something which I had never beheld before, or never 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1810 - 458 pages
...something which I had never beheld before, or never 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English fiction - 1811 - 194 pages
...something which I had never beheld before, or never 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Francis William Blagdon - English fiction - 1811 - 250 pages
...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 tulip, or describe the different shades in the verdure of the forest. He is to exhibit in his portraits of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 428 pages
...poet," said Imlac,"isto 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 in his portraits of... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 310 pages
...of something which I never beheld before, or never heeded.' ' The business of a poet,' said Imlac, ' is to examine, not the individual, but the species, to remark general properties and large appearances j he does not number the streaks of the tulip, or describe the different... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1816 - 484 pages
...something which I had never beheld before, or never 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... | |
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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. 
