The Infirmities of Genius Illustrated by Referring the Anomalies in the Literary Character to the Habits and Constitutional Peculiarities of Men of Genius, Հատոր 1Carey, Lea, and Blanchard, 1833 |
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... least fitted for that sort of microscopic biography which consists in the exhibition of the minute details of life . The Pythoness , we are told , was but a pitiable object when removed from the inspiration of the tripod , and the man ...
... least fitted for that sort of microscopic biography which consists in the exhibition of the minute details of life . The Pythoness , we are told , was but a pitiable object when removed from the inspiration of the tripod , and the man ...
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... the purport of this chapter to point out the use and the abuse of studious habits and literary temperaments . Perhaps the greatest of the advantages are those which are least ob- vious to the observer . It is not denied by ( 26 )
... the purport of this chapter to point out the use and the abuse of studious habits and literary temperaments . Perhaps the greatest of the advantages are those which are least ob- vious to the observer . It is not denied by ( 26 )
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... least advantage of literary employment that it enables us to live in a state of blissful ignorance of our next - door neighbour's fortune , faith and politics ; that it produces a state of society which admits of no invasion on domestic ...
... least advantage of literary employment that it enables us to live in a state of blissful ignorance of our next - door neighbour's fortune , faith and politics ; that it produces a state of society which admits of no invasion on domestic ...
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... least that no discovery , except that of electro - chemical agency , should have resulted from any inquiry that may have been attempted . And that won- der is the greater , when we recall the prophetic enthusiasm with which both of ...
... least that no discovery , except that of electro - chemical agency , should have resulted from any inquiry that may have been attempted . And that won- der is the greater , when we recall the prophetic enthusiasm with which both of ...
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... least , different modifications of disease ; but there is very little doubt , that a vast difference in the duration of life is to be observed in the various learned professions , and the several directions given to mental application ...
... least , different modifications of disease ; but there is very little doubt , that a vast difference in the duration of life is to be observed in the various learned professions , and the several directions given to mental application ...
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The Infirmities of Genius Illustrated by Referring the Anomalies in ..., Հատոր 2 Richard Robert Madden Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1833 |
The Infirmities of Genius Illustrated by Referring the Anomalies in ..., Հատոր 2 Richard Robert Madden Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1833 |
The Infirmities of Genius Illustrated by Referring the Anomalies in ..., Հատոր 1 Richard Robert Madden Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1833 |
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Էջ 29 - How small , of all that human hearts endure , That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
Էջ 80 - The eclipse of Nature spreads my pall, — The majesty of darkness shall Receive my parting ghost ! This spirit shall return to Him That gave its heavenly spark; Yet think not, Sun, it shall be dim When thou thyself art dark! No ! it shall live again, and shine In bliss unknown to beams of thine, By him recall'd to breath, Who captive led captivity, Who robb'd the grave of Victory, — And took the sting from Death...
Էջ 168 - I ventured to tell him, that I had been, for moments in my life, not afraid of death; therefore I could suppose another man in that state of mind for a considerable space of time. He said, 'he never had a moment in which death was not terrible to him.
Էջ 179 - Every thing about his character and manners was forcible and violent ; there never was any moderation. Many a day did he fast, many a year did he refrain from wine : but when he did eat, it was voraciously ; when he did drink wine, it was copiously. He could practise abstinence, but not temperance.
Էջ 94 - In time some particular train of ideas fixes the attention, all other intellectual gratifications are rejected, the mind, in weariness or leisure, recurs constantly to the favourite conception, and feasts on the luscious falsehood whenever she is offended with the bitterness of truth.
Էջ 178 - I never k'new any man who relished good eating more than he did. When at table, he was totally absorbed in the business of the. moment ; his looks seemed rivetted to his plate ; nor. would he, unless when in very high company, say one word, or even pay the least attention to what was said by others, till he had satisfied his appetite, which was so fierce, and indulged with such intenseness, that while in the act of eating, the veins • of his forehead swelled, and generally a strong perspiration...
Էջ 188 - Whether what Temple says be true, that physicians have had more learning than the other faculties, I will not stay to...
Էջ 173 - It is not more strange that there should be evil spirits than evil men: evil unembodied spirits, than evil embodied spirits. And as to storms, we know there are such things; and it is no worse that evil spirits raise them than that they rise.
Էջ 143 - His legs were so slender, that he enlarged their bulk with three pairs of stockings, which were drawn on and off by the maid, for he was not able to dress or undress himself, and neither went to bed nor rose without help. His weakness made it very difficult for him to be clean.
Էջ 156 - Tis carnificina hominum, angor animi, as well saith Areteus, a plague of the soul, the cramp and convulsion of the soul, an epitome of hell ; and if there be a hell upon earth, it is to be found in a melancholy man's heart " For that deep torture may be call'd an hell, When more Is felt, than one hath power to tell.