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 iii
... taste of the critic and the erudition of the scholar . In order to render his subject the more pleasing and ornamental he may sometimes suffer himself to be carried away by his imagination , and may introduce episodes like the fables of A ...
... taste of the critic and the erudition of the scholar . In order to render his subject the more pleasing and ornamental he may sometimes suffer himself to be carried away by his imagination , and may introduce episodes like the fables of A ...
Page vii
... Taste has been called passive genius . It is ne- cessary to direct the wild sallies of imagination , and to regulate the course of the inventive mind . Taste is more generally bestowed on mankind than genius , and is dependent on ...
... Taste has been called passive genius . It is ne- cessary to direct the wild sallies of imagination , and to regulate the course of the inventive mind . Taste is more generally bestowed on mankind than genius , and is dependent on ...
Page viii
... taste , but heedless of them , pours along its irresistible course . An excellent taste may exist with little invention , but invention is the distinguishing mark of genius . Taste is im- proved by the comparison of the different grades ...
... taste , but heedless of them , pours along its irresistible course . An excellent taste may exist with little invention , but invention is the distinguishing mark of genius . Taste is im- proved by the comparison of the different grades ...
Page x
... taste is necessary in order to form a polished genius , and taste is dependent on the judgment and sensibility ; it is evident that ge- nius is intimately allied with all these powers , and its correctness and improvement must pro- ceed ...
... taste is necessary in order to form a polished genius , and taste is dependent on the judgment and sensibility ; it is evident that ge- nius is intimately allied with all these powers , and its correctness and improvement must pro- ceed ...
Page xi
... taste , looks far above these possessions ; his riches are the bounty of knowledge , his joys are those which the wealth of the miser cannot pur- chase . He contemplates nature in her various forms , and finds companions where persons ...
... taste , looks far above these possessions ; his riches are the bounty of knowledge , his joys are those which the wealth of the miser cannot pur- chase . He contemplates nature in her various forms , and finds companions where persons ...
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