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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... nature , the arguments should be arranged so as best to up- hold the doctrines maintained ; and the sentiments and ... nature entirely speculative ; others deliver precepts which conduce to practice and to the regu- lation of life ...
... nature , the arguments should be arranged so as best to up- hold the doctrines maintained ; and the sentiments and ... nature entirely speculative ; others deliver precepts which conduce to practice and to the regu- lation of life ...
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... nature and instructs the husbandman . Pope has exhibited Man in various characters and under dif- ferent circumstances . Somertile has unkennelled the hounds , mounted the steed , blown the horn of the huntsman , and led on the chase ...
... nature and instructs the husbandman . Pope has exhibited Man in various characters and under dif- ferent circumstances . Somertile has unkennelled the hounds , mounted the steed , blown the horn of the huntsman , and led on the chase ...
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... nature of genius , the joy and satisfaction which are connected with it are entitled to the same eminence . All those pleasures which Addison has traced from the source of imagination belong to genius ; for genius is the parent of ...
... nature of genius , the joy and satisfaction which are connected with it are entitled to the same eminence . All those pleasures which Addison has traced from the source of imagination belong to genius ; for genius is the parent of ...
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... nature in her various forms , and finds companions where persons of different pursuits would experience the deepest solitude . " The studies of literature , " says Ci- cero , " afford nourishment to our youth , delight our old age ...
... nature in her various forms , and finds companions where persons of different pursuits would experience the deepest solitude . " The studies of literature , " says Ci- cero , " afford nourishment to our youth , delight our old age ...
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... Burns . The influence of Climate and the face of Nature on the Mind . Geographical illustrations . Picture of the Savage . Invocation . THE Powers of Genius . Origin of Genius . SAY. Zub June 21004 , by T. Est , Paternoster Row . PART.I.
... Burns . The influence of Climate and the face of Nature on the Mind . Geographical illustrations . Picture of the Savage . Invocation . THE Powers of Genius . Origin of Genius . SAY. Zub June 21004 , by T. Est , Paternoster Row . PART.I.
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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