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 pages |
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Page iii
... invention , but he must possess the taste of the critic and the erudition of the scholar . In order to render his subject the more pleasing and ornamental he may sometimes suffer himself to be carried away by his imagination , and may ...
... invention , but he must possess the taste of the critic and the erudition of the scholar . In order to render his subject the more pleasing and ornamental he may sometimes suffer himself to be carried away by his imagination , and may ...
Page viii
... invention , but invention is the distinguishing mark of genius . Taste is im- proved by the comparison of the different grades of sublimity and beauty . Genius , disdaining any imitation , strikes out a path for itself , wild and ...
... invention , but invention is the distinguishing mark of genius . Taste is im- proved by the comparison of the different grades of sublimity and beauty . Genius , disdaining any imitation , strikes out a path for itself , wild and ...
Page ix
... . " The velocity of his motion sets him on fire , like a chariot - wheel which is kindled by the quickness of its revolution . " " * * Milton Since then invention is the infallible criterion of genius , THE DESIGN . ix.
... . " The velocity of his motion sets him on fire , like a chariot - wheel which is kindled by the quickness of its revolution . " " * * Milton Since then invention is the infallible criterion of genius , THE DESIGN . ix.
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A Poem, in Three Parts John Blair Linn. Since then invention is the infallible criterion of genius , and invention in poetry is active ima- gination ; since taste is necessary in order to form a polished genius , and taste is dependent ...
A Poem, in Three Parts John Blair Linn. Since then invention is the infallible criterion of genius , and invention in poetry is active ima- gination ; since taste is necessary in order to form a polished genius , and taste is dependent ...
Page xvii
... Invention , the criterion of Genius . The alliance of Genius with Fancy . Memory , Judg ment , and Sympathy . Progress of Genius . The dimao- terics of the Mind . Taste and Genius distinguished . Thakspeare's effect , and his neglect of ...
... Invention , the criterion of Genius . The alliance of Genius with Fancy . Memory , Judg ment , and Sympathy . Progress of Genius . The dimao- terics of the Mind . Taste and Genius distinguished . Thakspeare's effect , and his neglect of ...
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amid APPENDIX Ariosto arms art thou bard beam beauty behold beneath bids blast bold bosom breast breath brow Chill clouds dark death delight Demosthenes divine dwell earth Eclogues elegant fame Fancy Fingal fire footsteps Gallileo Genius give gloom glory Greece head hear heart heaven Henry Fielding honours Hope idolatry Iliad Invention kindled king light literature lyre Massillon MIDNIGHT HYMN mighty Milton mind morning mountains mournful muse Nature Nature's never night numbers o'er Orla Ossian Paradise Lost passions peace Petrarch Pindar plains poem poet poetry POWERS OF GENIUS repose rise roll Rome rous'd Sappho says scenes shades Shakespeare shew Sir William Jones smile song sorrow soul spirit spread storm strain stream sublimity sword taste tears terror thee thou thoughts thro throne thunder tion toil truth vale Vaucluse wandering waves wild winds wings youth