 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 508 str.
...business of a poet," said Imlac, " is to examine, not the individual, but the species ; to remark generiil properties and large appearances : he does not number...of the forest. He is to exhibit, in his portraits ol nature, such prominent and striking features, as recall the original to every mind ; and must neglect... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 750 str.
...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...streaks of the tulip, or describe the different shades of the verture oí' the forest. lie la to exMbit in his portraits of nature such prominent and striking... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 504 str.
...individual, but the species ; to remark genera properties and large appearances : he does not number the 1 streaks of the tulip, or describe the different shades...of the forest. He is to exhibit, in his portraits of I nature, such prominent and striking features, as recall the i original to every mind ; and must... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 508 str.
...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 •J properties and large appearances : he does not number the C& I streaks of the tulip, or describe... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1827 - 160 str.
...poet," said Imlac, " is to examine, not the individual, hut the species; to remark general propert es and large appearances ; he does not number the streaks...verdure of the forest. He is to exhibit in his portraits of nature such prominent and striking feaiures, as recall the original to every mind ; and must neglect... | |
 | Jean-Pons-Victor Lecoutz de Levizac - 1828 - 466 str.
...beheld before, or never heeded 28. XIII. THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED. The business of a poet, said [mlac, is to examine, not the individual, but the species;...to remark general properties and (large appearances 29 ;) he does not number tile streaks of the tulip, or describe the different shades in the verdure... | |
 | Royal Society of Literature (Great Britain) - 1882 - 856 str.
...something which I had never before beheld, or never heeded." " The business of the poet," said Tmlac, " is to examine not the individual but the species ;...verdure of the forest. He is to exhibit in his portraits of Nature such prominent and striking features as recall the original to every mind, and must neglect... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1831 - 138 str.
...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...remark general properties and large appearances : he docs not number the streaks of the tulip, or describe the different shades in the verdure of the forest... | |
 | Anniversary calendar - 1832 - 548 str.
...The business of a poet is to remark general properties, and large appearances : he does not nnmber the streaks of the tulip, or describe the different shades in the verdure of the forest. He must write as the interpreter of nature, and the legislator of mankind, and consider himself as presiding... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 str.
...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 pro* perties 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. 
