Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1968 |
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... Genius . 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 ...
... Genius . 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 ...
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... genius . And , indeed , most of the great works which have been produced in the world have been owing less to the poet than the patron . Men of the greatest genius are sometimes lazy , and want a spur ; often modest , and dare not ...
... genius . And , indeed , most of the great works which have been produced in the world have been owing less to the poet than the patron . Men of the greatest genius are sometimes lazy , and want a spur ; often modest , and dare not ...
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... 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 , if I ...
... 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 , if I ...
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