The lives of the most eminent English poetsJ. Buckland, 1787 |
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... Genius . The true Genius is a mind of large general powers , accidentally determined to fome particular di- rection . Sir Joshua Reynolds , the great Painter of the prefent age , had the first fondnefs for his art ex- cited by the ...
... Genius . The true Genius is a mind of large general powers , accidentally determined to fome particular di- rection . Sir Joshua Reynolds , the great Painter of the prefent age , had the first fondnefs for his art ex- cited by the ...
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... genius , nor our pity for a fufferer , dif- pofe us to forget that , if his activity was virtue , his retreat was cowardice . He then took upon himself the character of Phy- fician , ftill , according to Sprat , with intention " to ...
... genius , nor our pity for a fufferer , dif- pofe us to forget that , if his activity was virtue , his retreat was cowardice . He then took upon himself the character of Phy- fician , ftill , according to Sprat , with intention " to ...
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... genius , of oppofite principles ; but con- curring in the cultivation of Latin poetry , in which the English , till their works and May's poem appeared * , feemed unable to conteft the palm with any other of the lettered nations . If ...
... genius , of oppofite principles ; but con- curring in the cultivation of Latin poetry , in which the English , till their works and May's poem appeared * , feemed unable to conteft the palm with any other of the lettered nations . If ...
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... ; the moralift , the politician , and the critick , mingle their influence even in this airy frolick of genius , To fuch a performance Suckling could have brought brought the gaiety , but not the knowledge ; Dryden 42 COWLEY .
... ; the moralift , the politician , and the critick , mingle their influence even in this airy frolick of genius , To fuch a performance Suckling could have brought brought the gaiety , but not the knowledge ; Dryden 42 COWLEY .
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... genius born to improve the literature of his country . * In Dugdale's Orig . Jur . the name of John Denham occurs , a puifne Baron of the Exchequer at Westminster , conftituted 15 Jac . A. D. 1617 , before which time , as Wood relates ...
... genius born to improve the literature of his country . * In Dugdale's Orig . Jur . the name of John Denham occurs , a puifne Baron of the Exchequer at Westminster , conftituted 15 Jac . A. D. 1617 , before which time , as Wood relates ...
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