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Pagina 166
... genius seems to have wanted fire to attain the point of perfection ; but who can attain it ? ' From this account of the riches of his mind , who would not imagine that they had been displayed in large volumes and numerous performances ...
... genius seems to have wanted fire to attain the point of perfection ; but who can attain it ? ' From this account of the riches of his mind , who would not imagine that they had been displayed in large volumes and numerous performances ...
Pagina 233
... genius . The following fragment , written by Edmund Smith , upon the works of Philips , has been transcribed from the Bodleian manuscripts . A prefatory Discourse to the Poem on Mr. Philips , with a character of his writings . IT is ...
... genius . The following fragment , written by Edmund Smith , upon the works of Philips , has been transcribed from the Bodleian manuscripts . A prefatory Discourse to the Poem on Mr. Philips , with a character of his writings . IT is ...
Pagina 331
... genius of the frugal bee , I sing , Maecenas , and I sing to thee . - But where did experientia ever signify birth and genius ? or what ground was there for such a figure in this place ? How much more manly is Mr. Ogylby's version ...
... genius of the frugal bee , I sing , Maecenas , and I sing to thee . - But where did experientia ever signify birth and genius ? or what ground was there for such a figure in this place ? How much more manly is Mr. Ogylby's version ...
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