The Powers of Genius, a poem. (Illustrations of Genius from authors, ... attached to the poem in an appendix.)Albion Press: : Printed by J. Cundee, Ivy Lane, for T. Williams, Stationers' Court, and T. Hurst, Paternoster-Row, 1804 - 155 էջ |
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It is the design of the following poem to draw no more than the general outlines of
genius , to describe its progress , to ascertain the marks by which it may be
known , and to give the prominent features of those writers who have excelled in
its ...
It is the design of the following poem to draw no more than the general outlines of
genius , to describe its progress , to ascertain the marks by which it may be
known , and to give the prominent features of those writers who have excelled in
its ...
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... Genius superior to Taste . It takes from Genius a. * Definitions often rather
confuse than enlighten the mind . The arbitrary terms of metaphysical and logical
writers , require a train of reasoning before we can observe the basis on which
they ...
... Genius superior to Taste . It takes from Genius a. * Definitions often rather
confuse than enlighten the mind . The arbitrary terms of metaphysical and logical
writers , require a train of reasoning before we can observe the basis on which
they ...
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In the list of Genius , Shakespeare is , perhaps , the brightest name . His
superiority of invention gives him his superiority of genius . His limited education
allowed him little opportunity of being acquainted with the writers of Greece and
of Rome ...
In the list of Genius , Shakespeare is , perhaps , the brightest name . His
superiority of invention gives him his superiority of genius . His limited education
allowed him little opportunity of being acquainted with the writers of Greece and
of Rome ...
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It is very possible that two and two make four , but I would not give four farthings
to demonstrate this ever so clearly : and if these be the profits of life , give me the
amusements of it . ” Perhaps the three modern writers who possessed the most ...
It is very possible that two and two make four , but I would not give four farthings
to demonstrate this ever so clearly : and if these be the profits of life , give me the
amusements of it . ” Perhaps the three modern writers who possessed the most ...
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The following extracts which are offered as illustrations of Genius , will I think be
found to flow from each of these sources , and I think it will be acknowledged that
their writers possessed those qualities mentioned by Horace . ISAIAH , xiv .
The following extracts which are offered as illustrations of Genius , will I think be
found to flow from each of these sources , and I think it will be acknowledged that
their writers possessed those qualities mentioned by Horace . ISAIAH , xiv .
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ADDRESS appears APPENDIX arms bard beam bear beauty behold beneath bids bold breath clouds contains course criticism dark death deep delight discovers divine early earth excellence fall fame feel fields Fingal fire force Genius give glory hand head hear heard heart heaven honours Hope imagination Invention Italy king lead light literature live looks meet MIDNIGHT mighty Milton mind morning mountains mournful move muse Nature never night o'er Ossian passions peace plains poem poet poetry present reason rest rise rock roll Rome round rules says scene shades sleep smile song sorrow soul sound speak spirit spread storm strain stream strength striking sublimity taste tears terror thee thou thoughts thro tion truth virtue voice wandering waves wild winds wings writers written youth
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Էջ 87 - stood up: It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: An image was before mine eyes; there was silence, and I heard a voice saying, Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than
Էջ 14 - And let us hear Bernardo speak of this. Bernardo... .Last night of all, When yon same star that's westward from the pole, Had made his course to illume that part of heaven Where now it burns, Marcellus, and myself, The bell then beating one--- Marctllus... .Peace, break thee off,
Էջ 87 - Job xxviii. 20, 22, 23. Whence then cometh wisdom, and where is the place of understanding? 22, Destruction and Death say, we have heard the fame thereof with our ears. 23, God understandeth the way thereof, for he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven."—
Էջ 88 - out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God. Sing unto God ye kingdoms of the Earth: O sing praises unto the Lord : To him that rideth upon the heaven of heavens which were of old;
Էջ 110 - In our little journey up to the grand chartreuse, I do not remember to have gone ten paces without an exclamation, that there was no restraining : not a precipice, not a torrent, not a cliff, but is pregnant with religion and poetry. There are certain scenes
Էջ 99 - to my foe; Thus yields the cedar to the axe's edge, Whose arms gave shelter to the princely eagle; Under whose shade the ramping lion slept; Whose top-branch overpeer'd Jove's spreading tree, And kept low shrubs from Winter's powerful wind.
Էջ 10 - care not Fortune what you me deny; You cannot rob me of free Nature's grace, You cannot shut the windows of the sky, Thro* which Aurora
Էջ 98 - So to night-wand'ring sailors pale with fears, Wide o'er the watry waste a light appears, Which on the far-seen mountain blazing high, Streams from some lonely watch-tower to the sky : With mournful eyes they gaze and gaze again: Loud howls the storm and drives them o'er the main. Next his high head the helmet
Էջ 11 - the ear was mistress of their powers No Bard could please me but whose lyre was tun'd To nature's Praises. Heroes and their feats Fatigu'd me, never weary of the pipe Of Tityrus, assembling as he
Էջ 86 - Heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning ! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the
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| Վերնագիր | The Powers of Genius, a poem. (Illustrations of Genius from authors, ... attached to the poem in an appendix.) |
| Հեղինակ | John Blair Linn |
| Հրատարակիչ | Albion Press: : Printed by J. Cundee, Ivy Lane, for T. Williams, Stationers' Court, and T. Hurst, Paternoster-Row, 1804 |
| Original from | Նյու Յորքի Հանրային գրադարան |
| Digitized | 5 Հոկտեմբեր 2006 |
| Length | 155 էջ |
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