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The true Genius is a mind of large general powers, accidentally determined to
some particular direction. Sir Joshua Reynolds, the great Painter of the present
age, had the first fondness for his art excited by the perusal of Richardson's
treatise.
The true Genius is a mind of large general powers, accidentally determined to
some particular direction. Sir Joshua Reynolds, the great Painter of the present
age, had the first fondness for his art excited by the perusal of Richardson's
treatise.
Pagina 230
Men of the greatest genius are sometimes lazy, and want a spur; often modest,
and dare not venture in publick; they certainly know their faults in the worst things
; and even their best things they are not fond of, because the idea of what they ...
Men of the greatest genius are sometimes lazy, and want a spur; often modest,
and dare not venture in publick; they certainly know their faults in the worst things
; and even their best things they are not fond of, because the idea of what they ...
Pagina 428
No greater felicity can genius attain than that of having purified intellectual
pleasure, separated mirth from indecency, and wit from licentiousness; of having
taught a succession of writers to bring elegance and gaiety to the aid of
goodness; and ...
No greater felicity can genius attain than that of having purified intellectual
pleasure, separated mirth from indecency, and wit from licentiousness; of having
taught a succession of writers to bring elegance and gaiety to the aid of
goodness; and ...
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