 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 162 pages
...survey," said the prince, "you must surely have left much unobserved. I have lived till now within the circuit of these mountains, and yet cannot walk abroad...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.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 376 pages
...survey," said the prince, " you must surely have left much unobserved. I have lived till now, within the circuit of these mountains, and yet cannot walk abroad...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.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Historical fiction - 1809 - 210 pages
...prince, " yon must surely have left much unobserved. I have lived till now within the circuit of the mountains, and yet cannot walk abroad without the...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Ethiopia - 1810 - 230 pages
...survey, said the prince, you must surely have left much unobserved. I have lived, till now, within the circuit of these mountains, and yet cannot walk abroad...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.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1810 - 458 pages
...survey, said the prince, you must surely have left much unobserved. I have lived till now, within the circuit of these mountains, and yet cannot walk abroad...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.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English fiction - 1811 - 194 pages
...survey," said the prince, "you must surely have left much unobserved. I have lived, till now, within the circuit of these mountains, and yet cannot walk abroad...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.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 428 pages
...survey," said the prince, " you must surely have left much unobserved. I have lived till now, within the circuit of these mountains, and yet cannot walk abroad...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Francis William Blagdon - English fiction - 1811 - 250 pages
...survey," said the prince, " you must surely have left much unobserved. 1 have lived till now, within the circuit of these 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,... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1816 - 484 pages
...survey, said the prince, you must surely have left much unobserved. I have lived till now, within the circuit of these mountains, and yet cannot walk abroad...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.... | |
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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. 
