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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... : New to my taste his Paradise surpass'd The struggling efforts of my boyish tongue To speak its excellence . * If we examine the greatest works of genius that have Its Impetuosity . No bands can hold her when she THE POWERS OF GENIUS . 13.
... : New to my taste his Paradise surpass'd The struggling efforts of my boyish tongue To speak its excellence . * If we examine the greatest works of genius that have Its Impetuosity . No bands can hold her when she THE POWERS OF GENIUS . 13.
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... excellence , and should meliorate the criticism of those whose taste is submissive to the prejudice of the great Dr. Johnson . Most of the nations of Europe have listened to the songs of Ossian with delight . The Germans prefer them to ...
... excellence , and should meliorate the criticism of those whose taste is submissive to the prejudice of the great Dr. Johnson . Most of the nations of Europe have listened to the songs of Ossian with delight . The Germans prefer them to ...
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... to the last , she has been advancing to greater excellence . Her Italian is the noblest production of her pen , and one which I think she will never exceed . Zenobia ; Sappho . A light appears -- some hollow THE POWERS OF GENIUS . 45.
... to the last , she has been advancing to greater excellence . Her Italian is the noblest production of her pen , and one which I think she will never exceed . Zenobia ; Sappho . A light appears -- some hollow THE POWERS OF GENIUS . 45.
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... excellence in his ad- dresses to the heart , I am far from thinking him a perfect model for the preacher . He indulges , perhaps , too much in declamation . To arouse , to terrify , to melt into tears , appears generally to be more his ...
... excellence in his ad- dresses to the heart , I am far from thinking him a perfect model for the preacher . He indulges , perhaps , too much in declamation . To arouse , to terrify , to melt into tears , appears generally to be more his ...
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... excellence ; but I confess the group of the Laocoon , appears to me a superior effort of sculpture . " * See in Burney's History of Music , the wonderful effects of this art upon the mind . And an account of its greatest masters . 1 ...
... excellence ; but I confess the group of the Laocoon , appears to me a superior effort of sculpture . " * See in Burney's History of Music , the wonderful effects of this art upon the mind . And an account of its greatest masters . 1 ...
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