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 Prince of Abissinia: A Tale - 第 68 頁Samuel Johnson 著 - 1790 - 304 頁完整檢視 - 關於此書
| Samuel Johnson - 1759 - 176 頁
...fomething which I had never beheld before, or never heeded." " The bufinefs of a poet, faid Imlac, is to examine, not the individual, but the fpecies...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 頁
...fomething wh c!i I had *' never beheld before, or " never heeded." The bufinefs of a poet, faid Imlac, is to examine, not the individual, but the fpecies;...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 - 1783 - 324 頁
...fomething which I had never beheid before, or never heeded." *c The bufmefs of a poet, faid Imlac, is to examine, not the individual, but the fpecies...muft neglect the minuter difcriminations, which one may have remarked, and another have negtected, for thofe charafterifticks which are alike obvious to... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 560 頁
...of fomething which I had never beheld before, or never heeded." " The bufmefs of a poet, faid Imlac, is to examine, not the individual, but the fpecies...ftriking features, as recall the original to every mind j and muft neglect the minuter difcriminanons, which one may have remarked, and another have neglected,... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 534 頁
.../ " The bufinefs of a poet, faid Imlac, is to examine, not the individual, but thefpeciesj toremark general properties and large appearances; he does...muft neglect the minuter difcriminations, which one may have remarked, and another have neglefted, for thofe charafterifticks which are alike obvious to... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 546 頁
...of fomething which I had never beheld before, or never heeded." " The bufmefs of a poet, faid Imlac, is to examine, not the individual, but the fpecies...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 頁
...fomething which I had never beheld before, or never heeded." " The bufinefs of a poet, faid Imlac, is to examine, not the individual, but the fpecies...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 頁
...fomething which I never, beheld before, or never heeded." " The bufinefs of a poet," faid Imlac, " is to examine, not the individual, but the fpecies,...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 頁
...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 - 458 頁
...femething which I had never beheld before, or never heeded." " The bufinefs of a poet, faid Imlac, is to examine, not the individual, but the fpecies;...original to every mind; and muft neglect the minuter difcri minations, which one may have remarked, and another have neglected, for thofe characterifticks... | |
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