The Powers of Genius: A Poem, in 3 PartsJ. Conrad & Company, 1802 - 191 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 inflamable constitution ; delicacy of ...
... 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 inflamable constitution ; delicacy of ...
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... sublimity in the skies and in the objects which surround him . The The pastoral , is generally the most delightful species of poetry to youthful genius . Smitten with the love of nature , her poetical enthusiast dwells unwearied on the ...
... sublimity in the skies and in the objects which surround him . The The pastoral , is generally the most delightful species of poetry to youthful genius . Smitten with the love of nature , her poetical enthusiast dwells unwearied on the ...
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... sublimity of irregula- rity . His flight is regulated by no rules . He soars beyond the reach of criticism * Burns to an exquisite sensibility united a power of description , not inferior to that of the author of the Seasons . His ...
... sublimity of irregula- rity . His flight is regulated by no rules . He soars beyond the reach of criticism * Burns to an exquisite sensibility united a power of description , not inferior to that of the author of the Seasons . His ...
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... sublimity ; but who delivers trite truths in triter forms . To the pulpit , the close and indiş- soluble reasoning of a Locke is not adapted ; were preachers to reason like him , their hearers would return from church as edified as they ...
... sublimity ; but who delivers trite truths in triter forms . To the pulpit , the close and indiş- soluble reasoning of a Locke is not adapted ; were preachers to reason like him , their hearers would return from church as edified as they ...
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... sublimity of Barrow , the warmth and pathos of Massillon , the acuteness and ingenuity of Sherlock , the condensity of Ogden , with Witherspoon's method of dis- cussing theological doctrines . * At Greece , painting was first brought to ...
... sublimity of Barrow , the warmth and pathos of Massillon , the acuteness and ingenuity of Sherlock , the condensity of Ogden , with Witherspoon's method of dis- cussing theological doctrines . * At Greece , painting was first brought to ...
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