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... genius might have made of the subject , it may be difficult to pronounce by supposi- tion ; for it is the very character of gen- ius to produce effects which cannot be calculated . But imposing as the names of Leonidas and Thermopylæ ...
... genius might have made of the subject , it may be difficult to pronounce by supposi- tion ; for it is the very character of gen- ius to produce effects which cannot be calculated . But imposing as the names of Leonidas and Thermopylæ ...
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... Genius at this elf displeas'd , With a strong critick grasp the urchin squeez'd . For thirty years its coward spleen it kept , Till in the dust the mighty Genius slept ; Then stunk and fretted in expiring snuff , And blink'd at Johnson ...
... Genius at this elf displeas'd , With a strong critick grasp the urchin squeez'd . For thirty years its coward spleen it kept , Till in the dust the mighty Genius slept ; Then stunk and fretted in expiring snuff , And blink'd at Johnson ...
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... genius , and of great poetical powers . He translated the " Lusiad " of Camoens in a free paraphrastick manner , but with the spirit of an original poet . I never could account for the neglect of so very poetical a work . - MATHIAS ...
... genius , and of great poetical powers . He translated the " Lusiad " of Camoens in a free paraphrastick manner , but with the spirit of an original poet . I never could account for the neglect of so very poetical a work . - MATHIAS ...
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... genius ! He resided here , little known out of a very private circle , and perished in his fortieth year , not of penury , but of a broken heart . Such noble and well - founded expectations of fortune and fame , all the plans of lit ...
... genius ! He resided here , little known out of a very private circle , and perished in his fortieth year , not of penury , but of a broken heart . Such noble and well - founded expectations of fortune and fame , all the plans of lit ...
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... genius . Admit- ting that he was the victim of intemper- ance , even to a greater extent than what traditional stories of the usual cast have portrayed him , and admitting the lowering moral tendency of such a condition , yet to make it ...
... genius . Admit- ting that he was the victim of intemper- ance , even to a greater extent than what traditional stories of the usual cast have portrayed him , and admitting the lowering moral tendency of such a condition , yet to make it ...
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Seite 197 - He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument.
Seite 9 - Poetry is not like reasoning, a power to be exerted according to the determination of the will. A man cannot say, "I will compose poetry." The greatest poet even cannot say it; for the mind in creation is as a fading coal, which some invisible influence, like an inconstant wind, awakens to transitory brightness...
Seite 182 - It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berccau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains.
Seite 82 - The Body Of Benjamin Franklin, Printer, (Like the cover of an old book, Its contents torn out, And stript of its lettering and gilding,) Lies here, food for worms. But the work shall not be lost, For it will, as he believed, appear once more, In a new and more elegant edition, Revised and corrected By THE AUTHOR.
Seite 290 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much ; Who, born for the Universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.
Seite 8 - True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learned to dance. 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound must seem an echo to the sense...
Seite 465 - He smote the rock of the national resources, and abundant streams of revenue gushed forth. He touched the dead corpse of the Public Credit, and it sprang upon its feet...
Seite 9 - We are aware of evanescent visitations of thought and feeling, sometimes associated with place or person, sometimes regarding our own mind alone, and always arising unforeseen and departing unbidden, but elevating and delightful beyond all expression...
Seite 375 - And now, what time ye all may read through dimming tears his story, How discord on the music fell, and darkness on the glory, And how when, one by one, sweet sounds and wandering lights departed, He wore no less a loving face because so broken-hearted...
Seite 194 - It was at Rome, on the 15th of October 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind.