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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... Heaven , say the divines . How to improve it many books can teach us ; how to ob- tain it , none ; that nothing can be done without it , all agree : In nihil invita dices faciesve Minerva . Without invention a painter is but a copier ...
... Heaven , say the divines . How to improve it many books can teach us ; how to ob- tain it , none ; that nothing can be done without it , all agree : In nihil invita dices faciesve Minerva . Without invention a painter is but a copier ...
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... the sky , Thro ' which Aurora shews her brightening face ; You cannot bar my constant feet to trace The woods and lawns by living stream at eve . Genius the Gift of Heaven . Judgment to all in 12 THE POWERS OF GENIUS .
... the sky , Thro ' which Aurora shews her brightening face ; You cannot bar my constant feet to trace The woods and lawns by living stream at eve . Genius the Gift of Heaven . Judgment to all in 12 THE POWERS OF GENIUS .
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A Poem, in Three Parts John Blair Linn. Genius the Gift of Heaven . Judgment to all in every state is given , But Genius is the rarest boon of heaven . The world's small limits can but few contain , [ reign ; Who more than worlds , hold ...
A Poem, in Three Parts John Blair Linn. Genius the Gift of Heaven . Judgment to all in every state is given , But Genius is the rarest boon of heaven . The world's small limits can but few contain , [ reign ; Who more than worlds , hold ...
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... heaven Where now it burns , Marcellus , and myself , The bell then beating one --- Marcellus .... Peace , break thee off , look where it comes again . HAMLET . Taste dwells in the Mind only . Stretch'd on a 16 THE POWERS OF GENIUS ...
... heaven Where now it burns , Marcellus , and myself , The bell then beating one --- Marcellus .... Peace , break thee off , look where it comes again . HAMLET . Taste dwells in the Mind only . Stretch'd on a 16 THE POWERS OF GENIUS ...
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... heaven . In genius , Ariosto is much superior to his rival Tasso , but he sinks behind him in taste and incorrectness . If we com- pare their different merits we will at once be struck with the greater originality of Ariosto , and with ...
... heaven . In genius , Ariosto is much superior to his rival Tasso , but he sinks behind him in taste and incorrectness . If we com- pare their different merits we will at once be struck with the greater originality of Ariosto , and with ...
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