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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... wild sallies of imagination , and to regulate the course of the inventive mind . Taste is more generally bestowed on mankind than genius , and is dependent on cultivation and rules . Genius , though always incorrect without study and ...
... wild sallies of imagination , and to regulate the course of the inventive mind . Taste is more generally bestowed on mankind than genius , and is dependent on cultivation and rules . Genius , though always incorrect without study and ...
Էջ viii
... wild and hazardous , where foot has never trodden . " Ge- nius ( says Lord Kaimes ) is allied to a warm and inflammable constitution ; delicacy of taste to calmness and sedateness ; hence it is common to find genius in one who is a prey ...
... wild and hazardous , where foot has never trodden . " Ge- nius ( says Lord Kaimes ) is allied to a warm and inflammable constitution ; delicacy of taste to calmness and sedateness ; hence it is common to find genius in one who is a prey ...
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... wild and starting he appears in pain , And shews a moon - struck phrenzy of the brain ; The world cries out , " What ails our neighbour's lad ? ' Tis pity of the boy , for he is mad ; " He often laughs aloud , and none know why , " And ...
... wild and starting he appears in pain , And shews a moon - struck phrenzy of the brain ; The world cries out , " What ails our neighbour's lad ? ' Tis pity of the boy , for he is mad ; " He often laughs aloud , and none know why , " And ...
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... wherein those defects consist , and how far they are removed from the strict rules of art and the real beauties of nature . This happy faculty , Uncultured Taste . Born in his wilds , the rude 10 THE POWERS OF GENIUS .
... wherein those defects consist , and how far they are removed from the strict rules of art and the real beauties of nature . This happy faculty , Uncultured Taste . Born in his wilds , the rude 10 THE POWERS OF GENIUS .
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... wilds , the rude and humble swain , Whose wishes centre in his small domain , Who night and morning breasts the chilling air , And tends his flock the object of his care ; Views Nature's landscape with admiring eye , And looks with ...
... wilds , the rude and humble swain , Whose wishes centre in his small domain , Who night and morning breasts the chilling air , And tends his flock the object of his care ; Views Nature's landscape with admiring eye , And looks with ...
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