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" There is another kind of great geniuses which I shall place in a second class, not as I think them inferior to the first, but only for distinction's sake as they are of a different kind. This second class of great geniuses are those that have formed themselves... "
The British essayists; to which are prefixed prefaces by J. Ferguson - Page 134
by British essayists - 1819
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The Spectator, Volume 2

George Gregory Smith - 1897 - 356 pages
...but only for distinction's sake as they are of a different kind. This second Class of great Genius's are those that have formed themselves by Rules, and...the Corrections and Restraints of Art Such among the Greets were Plato and Aristotle, among the Romans Virgil and Tully, among the English Milton and Sir...
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Die Grundlagen der literarischen Kritik bei Joseph Addison ...

Emil Saudé - 1906 - 82 pages
...authors". Diesen „natural geniuses" steht gegenüber eine zweite, durchaus gleichwertige Klasse: „The second class of great geniuses are those that...talents to the corrections and restraints of art". Diese Dichter sind aber der Gefahr ausgesetzt, durch zu großes Betonen der Nachahmung anderer Poeten...
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Literary Reviews and Criticisms

Prosser Hall Frye - 1908 - 334 pages
...but only for distinction's sake as they are of a different kind. This second class of great genius's are those that have formed themselves by rules, and...talents to the corrections and restraints of art. . . . The genius in both these classes of authors may be equally great, but it shews itself after a...
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Studies in the Milton Tradition

John Walter Good - 1913 - 338 pages
...judicious. In the paper On Great Natural Geniuses (160), Addison placed Milton in the class of geniuses who "have formed themselves by \rules, and submitted the greatness of their natural talents to the corirections and restraints of art." To this class belong Plato, Aristotle, Virgil, Tully, Milton,...
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The Theory of Poetry in England: Its Development in Doctrines and Ideas from ...

Richard Pape Cowl - 1914 - 346 pages
...different kind. This second class of great geniuses are those that have formed themselves by rule, and submitted the greatness of their natural talents to the corrections and restraints of art. . . . The genius in both these classes of authors may be equally great, but shows itself after a different...
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The Theory of Poetry in England: Its Development in Doctrines and Ideas from ...

Richard Pape Cowl - 1914 - 346 pages
...thTmsdv'e's11 first, but only for distinction's sake, as they are of a by rule. different kind. This second class of great geniuses are those that have formed themselves by rule, and submitted the greatness of their natural talents to the corrections and restraints of art....
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Critical Essays of the Eighteenth Century, 1700-1725

Willard Higley Durham - 1915 - 504 pages
...but only for distinction's sake as they are of a different kind. This second Class of great Genius's are those that have formed themselves by Rules, and...were Plato and Aristotle, among the Romans Virgil and TuUy, among the English Milton and Sir Francis Bacon. THE Genius in both these Classes of Authors may...
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University of Illinois Studies in Language and Literature

University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus) - 1915 - 430 pages
...judicious. In the paper On Great Natural Geniuses (160), Addison placed Milton in the class of geniuses who "have formed themselves by rules, and submitted the...talents to the corrections and restraints of art." To this class belong Plato, Aristotle, Virgil, Tully, Milton, and Sir Francis Bacon. In the Essays...
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Edward Young's "Conjectures on Original Composition" in England and Germany

Edward Young - 1917 - 140 pages
...a long time in ripening. Joseph Warton, Essay an the Genius and Writings of Pope, p. 76. 1711: This second class of great geniuses are those that have...talents to the corrections and restraints of art. Addison, Sped. No. 160. Conjectures (p. 52): Genius is from heaven, learning from man: This sets us...
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Edward Young's "Conjectures on Original Composition"

Edward Young - 1917 - 150 pages
...a long time in ripening. Joseph Warton, Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, p. 76. 1711: This second class of great geniuses are those that have...talents to the corrections and restraints of art. Addison, Spect. No. 160. Conjectures (p. 52): Genius is from heaven, learning from man: This sets us...
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