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... sometimes for- gotten , produce that particular designation of mind , and propensity for some certain science or employment , which is commonly called genius . The true genius is a mind of large general powers , accidentally determined ...
... sometimes for- gotten , produce that particular designation of mind , and propensity for some certain science or employment , which is commonly called genius . The true genius is a mind of large general powers , accidentally determined ...
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... , and , though he sometimes admires , is seldom pleased . From this account of their compositions it will be readily inferred , that they were not successful in representing or moving the affec- | inquiry ; 6 COWLEY .
... , and , though he sometimes admires , is seldom pleased . From this account of their compositions it will be readily inferred , that they were not successful in representing or moving the affec- | inquiry ; 6 COWLEY .
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... sometimes struck out unexpected truth : if their conceits were far - fetched , they were often worth the carriage . To write on their plan it was at least necessary to read and think . No man could be born a metaphysical poet , nor as ...
... sometimes struck out unexpected truth : if their conceits were far - fetched , they were often worth the carriage . To write on their plan it was at least necessary to read and think . No man could be born a metaphysical poet , nor as ...
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... sometimes raises horror , when they intend perhaps to be pathetic : As men in hell are from diseases free , So from all other ills am I , Free from their known formality : But all pains eminently lie in thee . COWLEY . They were not ...
... sometimes raises horror , when they intend perhaps to be pathetic : As men in hell are from diseases free , So from all other ills am I , Free from their known formality : But all pains eminently lie in thee . COWLEY . They were not ...
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... sometimes despise as trifling , always admire as ingenious , and al- ways condemn as unnatural . The Pindaric Odes are now to be considered ; a species of composition , which Cowley thinks Pancirolus might have counted in " his list of ...
... sometimes despise as trifling , always admire as ingenious , and al- ways condemn as unnatural . The Pindaric Odes are now to be considered ; a species of composition , which Cowley thinks Pancirolus might have counted in " his list of ...
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