 | George Godfrey Cunningham - 1853 - 538 pagina’s
...mother's chamber. Dr Johnson, in relating this circumstance, has observed, that " the true genius is a mind of large general powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction." But the very importance which the doctor attributes to the power of accident, goes far towards confuting... | |
 | William R. Lyth - 1854 - 132 pagina’s
...power to stimulate t he thoughts of men, and command their feelings." Dr. Johnson. " The tiue genius is a mind of large general powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction." Readers who wish to consider the subject in detail should consult the late D'Israeli's entertaining... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 468 pagina’s
...propensity for some certain science or employment, which is commonly called 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... | |
 | William R. Lyth - 1854 - 142 pagina’s
...power to stimulate the thoughts of men, and command their feelings." Dr. Johnson. " The true genius is a mind of large general powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction." Readers who wish to consider the subject in d etail should consult the late D: Israeli's entertaining... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 346 pagina’s
...propensity for some certain science or employment, which is commonly called 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... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1854 - 366 pagina’s
...mind, and propensity for some certain science or employment, which is called 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... | |
 | 1855 - 576 pagina’s
...Milton, and Pope might be said to lisp in numbers " ; and in speaking of this poet, gives his remarkable definition of genius : " A mind of large general powers,...accidentally determined to some particular direction." Such a mind was Cowley's. Even while at Westminster school he wrote several small poems, and also several... | |
 | Samuel Bailey - 1858 - 330 pagina’s
...propensity to some certain science or employment, which is commonly called 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... | |
 | John Thomas Smith - 1861 - 470 pagina’s
...propensity for some certain science or employment, which is commonly called genius. The true genius is a mind of large general powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction." Falcon Court, Fleet Street, at a short distance from the entrance to Chancery Lane, took its name from... | |
 | 1861 - 878 pagina’s
...propensity for some certain science or employment, which is commonly called genius. The true genius, is a mind of large general powers accidentally determined to some particular direction." Questionable as is the general doctrine of this passage, it throws some light upon the fact, that prize... | |
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The true genius is a mind of large general powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction. 
