Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1968 - English poetry |
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... Genius . The true Genius is a mind of large general powers , accidentally 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 general powers , accidentally 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 either for poetry or oratory ; and , though very young , composed several very agreeable pieces . In all probability he would have wrote as finely , as his brother did nobly . He might have been the Waller , as the other was the ...
... genius either for poetry or oratory ; and , though very young , composed several very agreeable pieces . In all probability he would have wrote as finely , as his brother did nobly . He might have been the Waller , as the other was the ...
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... genius for writing , the operations from the writing are much stronger : for the raising of Shakespeare's passions is more from the excellency of the words and thoughts , than the justness of the occasion ; and if he had been able to ...
... genius for writing , the operations from the writing are much stronger : for the raising of Shakespeare's passions is more from the excellency of the words and thoughts , than the justness of the occasion ; and if he had been able to ...
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