The lives of the English poetsF. C. and J. Rivington, 1823 |
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... GENIUS , BY ARTHUR MURPHY , Esq . VOLUME THE EIGHTH . LONDON : PRINTED FOR F. C. AND J. RIVINGTON ; G. AND W. NICOL ; T. EGERTON ; LONGMAN , HURST , REES , ORME , AND BROWN ; T. CADELL ; J. NUNN ; J. CUTHELL ; J. AND W. T. CLARKE ; J ...
... GENIUS , BY ARTHUR MURPHY , Esq . VOLUME THE EIGHTH . LONDON : PRINTED FOR F. C. AND J. RIVINGTON ; G. AND W. NICOL ; T. EGERTON ; LONGMAN , HURST , REES , ORME , AND BROWN ; T. CADELL ; J. NUNN ; J. CUTHELL ; J. AND W. T. CLARKE ; J ...
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... genius , by continual practice , hath been wholly turned upon raillery and invectives against re- ligion , and would therefore never be able to shine , or distinguish themselves , upon any other subject ! We are daily complaining of the ...
... genius , by continual practice , hath been wholly turned upon raillery and invectives against re- ligion , and would therefore never be able to shine , or distinguish themselves , upon any other subject ! We are daily complaining of the ...
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... genius . Who does not wish that Dryden could have known the value of the homage that was paid him , and foreseen the great- ness of his young admirer ? The earliest of Pope's productions is his " Ode on Solitude , " written before he ...
... genius . Who does not wish that Dryden could have known the value of the homage that was paid him , and foreseen the great- ness of his young admirer ? The earliest of Pope's productions is his " Ode on Solitude , " written before he ...
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... genius that ever was . " Self - confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings . He , indeed , who forms his opinion of himself in solitude , without knowing the powers of other men , is very liable to errour ; but it was the ...
... genius that ever was . " Self - confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings . He , indeed , who forms his opinion of himself in solitude , without knowing the powers of other men , is very liable to errour ; but it was the ...
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... . Those performances , which strike with won- der , are combinations of skilful genius with happy casualty ; and it is not likely that any felicity , like the discovery of a new race of preternatural agents , POPE . 71.
... . Those performances , which strike with won- der , are combinations of skilful genius with happy casualty ; and it is not likely that any felicity , like the discovery of a new race of preternatural agents , POPE . 71.
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