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 iv
... striking effect ; so in a poem of the didactic nature , the arguments should be arranged so as best to up- hold the doctrines maintained ; and the sentiments and illustrations should follow each other in that or- der which experience ...
... striking effect ; so in a poem of the didactic nature , the arguments should be arranged so as best to up- hold the doctrines maintained ; and the sentiments and illustrations should follow each other in that or- der which experience ...
Page xiii
... striking and confirming ex- amples of the doctrines which he has advanced . The notes have been added to explain passages which may be doubtful , and to support general assertions which may require some confirmation . Prosaical ...
... striking and confirming ex- amples of the doctrines which he has advanced . The notes have been added to explain passages which may be doubtful , and to support general assertions which may require some confirmation . Prosaical ...
Page 41
... striking : I need only instance his picture of Omai --- the Woodman and his Dog --- Crazy Kate -- and Mysagathus .-- His principal faults are his want of connection throughout his poem , and his not attending sufficiently to the harmony ...
... striking : I need only instance his picture of Omai --- the Woodman and his Dog --- Crazy Kate -- and Mysagathus .-- His principal faults are his want of connection throughout his poem , and his not attending sufficiently to the harmony ...
Page 47
... strike her lyric string , And bear young Pindar on her eagle wing . --With " Lion port " and with a nervous hand , Eliza sway'd the sceptre of her land . --Nurs'd on the bosom of luxurious France , The queen of Scotland led the airy ...
... strike her lyric string , And bear young Pindar on her eagle wing . --With " Lion port " and with a nervous hand , Eliza sway'd the sceptre of her land . --Nurs'd on the bosom of luxurious France , The queen of Scotland led the airy ...
Page 49
... striking --- Cicero , the first name on the page of antiquity , failed in his attempts at poetry .--- Archimedes , whose name may stand for a large class devoted to mathematics , had little taste for any other branch of literature ...
... striking --- Cicero , the first name on the page of antiquity , failed in his attempts at poetry .--- Archimedes , whose name may stand for a large class devoted to mathematics , had little taste for any other branch of literature ...
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