The Powers of Genius: A Poem, in Three PartsAlbion Press: : Printed by J. Cundee, Ivy Lane, for T. Williams, Stationers' Court, and T. Hurst, Paternoster-Row, 1804 - 155 էջ |
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... sound of a smith's hammer gave to Pythagoras the first hint of his theory of music ; and that a wretched dramatic performance , by an Italian of the name of Adreino , awakened the soul of Mil- ton to the grand conception of Paradise ...
... sound of a smith's hammer gave to Pythagoras the first hint of his theory of music ; and that a wretched dramatic performance , by an Italian of the name of Adreino , awakened the soul of Mil- ton to the grand conception of Paradise ...
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... sounds celestial melt upon her ear ; 30 Ev'n then enwrapt with murkiest shades she walks , Pours sweetest numbers and with Genii talks . --- The memory notes transactions as they roll , And calls past images before the soul . Forth at ...
... sounds celestial melt upon her ear ; 30 Ev'n then enwrapt with murkiest shades she walks , Pours sweetest numbers and with Genii talks . --- The memory notes transactions as they roll , And calls past images before the soul . Forth at ...
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... sound with frightful screams ; The critic's voice is now as hush'd as death , His eyes are fix'd , we scarcely hear his breath ; Great Shakespear * now commands the midnight hour , And o'er the soul extends his dreadful power . 220 name ...
... sound with frightful screams ; The critic's voice is now as hush'd as death , His eyes are fix'd , we scarcely hear his breath ; Great Shakespear * now commands the midnight hour , And o'er the soul extends his dreadful power . 220 name ...
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... sound of the winds through the rocks and the caverns , which he has compared to the voice of a spirit . The admiration which the works of Ossian have excited abroad , is a confirming evidence of their excellence , and should meliorate ...
... sound of the winds through the rocks and the caverns , which he has compared to the voice of a spirit . The admiration which the works of Ossian have excited abroad , is a confirming evidence of their excellence , and should meliorate ...
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... sounds the sweetest her enchanting shell ? Do climates change the bias of the mind , Are all her powers by earth or air inclin'd ? ---- Seldom will Genius dwell with unsun'd snows , Or on the lap of burning heat repose ; Seldom she ...
... sounds the sweetest her enchanting shell ? Do climates change the bias of the mind , Are all her powers by earth or air inclin'd ? ---- Seldom will Genius dwell with unsun'd snows , Or on the lap of burning heat repose ; Seldom she ...
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