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Pagina 2
... genius . The true genius is a mind of large general powers , accidentally determined to some particular direction . Joshua Reynolds , the great painter of the present age , had the first fondness for his art excited by the perusal of ...
... genius . The true genius is a mind of large general powers , accidentally determined to some particular direction . Joshua Reynolds , the great painter of the present age , had the first fondness for his art excited by the perusal of ...
Pagina 7
... of trees , in heroic numbers . At the same time were produced , from the same university , the two great poets , Cowley and Milton , of dissimilar genius , of opposite principles ; but concurring in the cultivation of COWLEY . 7.
... of trees , in heroic numbers . At the same time were produced , from the same university , the two great poets , Cowley and Milton , of dissimilar genius , of opposite principles ; but concurring in the cultivation of COWLEY . 7.
Pagina 27
... genius . To such a performance , Suckling could have brought the gaiety , but not the knowledge : Dryden could have sup- plied the knowledge , but not the gaiety . The verses to Davenant , which are vigorously begun , and happily ...
... genius . To such a performance , Suckling could have brought the gaiety , but not the knowledge : Dryden could have sup- plied the knowledge , but not the gaiety . The verses to Davenant , which are vigorously begun , and happily ...
Pagina 35
... , seems not only useless , but in some degree profane . Such events as were produced by the visible interposition of Divine power are above the power of human genius to 4 dignify . The miracle of creation , however it 3 * COWLEY . 35.
... , seems not only useless , but in some degree profane . Such events as were produced by the visible interposition of Divine power are above the power of human genius to 4 dignify . The miracle of creation , however it 3 * COWLEY . 35.
Pagina 48
... genius born to improve the literature of his country . When he was , three years afterwards , removed to Lin- coln's Inn , he prosecuted the common law with sufficient ap- pearance of application ; yet did not lose his propensity to ...
... genius born to improve the literature of his country . When he was , three years afterwards , removed to Lin- coln's Inn , he prosecuted the common law with sufficient ap- pearance of application ; yet did not lose his propensity to ...
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