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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... sublimity and beauty . Genius , disdaining any imitation , strikes out a path for itself , wild and hazardous , where foot has never trodden . " Ge- nius ( says Lord Kaimes ) is allied to a warm and inflammable constitution ; delicacy ...
... sublimity and beauty . Genius , disdaining any imitation , strikes out a path for itself , wild and hazardous , where foot has never trodden . " Ge- nius ( says Lord Kaimes ) is allied to a warm and inflammable constitution ; delicacy ...
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... sublimity in the skies and in the objects which surround him . The pastoral is generally the most delightful species of poetry to youthful genius . Smitten with the love of na- ture , her poetical enthusiast dwells unwearied on the ...
... sublimity in the skies and in the objects which surround him . The pastoral is generally the most delightful species of poetry to youthful genius . Smitten with the love of na- ture , her poetical enthusiast dwells unwearied on the ...
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... sublimity of irregularity . His flight is regulated by no rules . He soars beyond the reach of criticism . Sour- * Burns , to an exquisite sensibility , united a power of description , not inferior to that of the author of the Sea- sons ...
... sublimity of irregularity . His flight is regulated by no rules . He soars beyond the reach of criticism . Sour- * Burns , to an exquisite sensibility , united a power of description , not inferior to that of the author of the Sea- sons ...
Page 51
... sublimity ; but who delivers trite truths in triter forms . To the pulpit , the close and indis- soluble reasoning of a Locke is not adapted ; were preach- ers to reason like him , their hearers would return from church as edified as ...
... sublimity ; but who delivers trite truths in triter forms . To the pulpit , the close and indis- soluble reasoning of a Locke is not adapted ; were preach- ers to reason like him , their hearers would return from church as edified as ...
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... sublimity of Barrow , the warmth and pathos of Massillon , the acute- ness and ingenuity of Sherlock , the condensity of Ogden , with Witherspoon's method of discussing theological doe- trines . At Greece , painting was first brought to ...
... sublimity of Barrow , the warmth and pathos of Massillon , the acute- ness and ingenuity of Sherlock , the condensity of Ogden , with Witherspoon's method of discussing theological doe- trines . At Greece , painting was first brought to ...
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