The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their WorksG. Clark and son, 1847 - 644 pàgines |
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... Genius . The true Genius is a mind of large gene- ral powers , accidently 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 gene- ral powers , accidently 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 , nor our pity for a sufferer , dispose us to forget that , if his activity was virtue , his retreat was cowardice . He then took upon himself the character of a physician , still , according to Sprat , with intention " to ...
... genius , nor our pity for a sufferer , dispose us to forget that , if his activity was virtue , his retreat was cowardice . He then took upon himself the character of a physician , still , according to Sprat , with intention " to ...
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... genius , of opposite principles ; but concurring in the cultivation of Latin poetry , in which the English , till their works and May's poem appeared , seemed unable to contest the palm with any other of the lettered world . If the ...
... genius , of opposite principles ; but concurring in the cultivation of Latin poetry , in which the English , till their works and May's poem appeared , seemed unable to contest the palm with any other of the lettered world . If the ...
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... genius . To such a perform- ance Suckling could have brought the gaiety , but not the know- ledge ; Dryden could have supplied the knowledge , but not the gaiety . The verses to Davenant , which are vigorously begun , and hap- pily ...
... genius . To such a perform- ance Suckling could have brought the gaiety , but not the know- ledge ; Dryden could have supplied the knowledge , but not the gaiety . The verses to Davenant , which are vigorously begun , and hap- pily ...
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... genius to dignify . The miracle of Creation , however it may teem with images , is best described with little diffusion of language : He spake the word , and they were made . We We are told that Saul was troubled with an evil spirit ...
... genius to dignify . The miracle of Creation , however it may teem with images , is best described with little diffusion of language : He spake the word , and they were made . We We are told that Saul was troubled with an evil spirit ...
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