 | William Paton Ker - 1925 - عدد الصفحات: 366
...feels the want of that minute accuracy which in Rasselas he had treated as unnecessary for the poet : " 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... | |
 | William Paton Ker - 1925 - عدد الصفحات: 368
...feels the want of that minute accuracy which in Rasselas he had treated as unnecessary for the poet : " 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1927 - عدد الصفحات: 264
...abroad without the sight of something which I had never beheld before, or never heeded." 3377 H " The " 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... | |
 | David Daiches - 1979 - عدد الصفحات: 336
...Similarly, in Rasselas Johnson had put into the mouth of Imlac his view of the importance of generality: "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... | |
 | Kristina Straub - 1987 - عدد الصفحات: 260
...poet, how much potential poetic material he must neglect — Imlac points to the final goals of art: " '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... | |
 | Ruth Morse - 1991 - عدد الصفحات: 336
...qualities. We may think of them as being like Imlac's definition of poetry in Rasselas, chapter 10: 'The business of a poet, said Imlac, is to examine, not the individual, but the species; ... he does not number the streaks of the tulip, or describe the different shades... | |
 | John Barrell - 1995 - عدد الصفحات: 384
...tenth chapter of Rasselas. For all its familiarity, it will be helpful to have an excerpt before us: 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... | |
 | Howard Anderson - 1967 - عدد الصفحات: 429
...cannot walk abroad without the sight of 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... | |
 | Dennis Todd, Cynthia Wall, J. Paul Hunter - 2001 - عدد الصفحات: 332
...Individual but a Species,"12 so Imlac in the famous tenth chapter of Rasselas echoes those very words: "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... | |
 | Giacomo Leopardi - 2003 - عدد الصفحات: 194
...fate of the original girl. leopardi would have agreed with the views on poetry expressed in Rasselas: 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... | |
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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. He... 
