| 1820 - 646 páginas
...to read, till by feeling the charms of verse, he became, as he relates, irrecoverably a poet. Such are the accidents which, sometimes remembered, and perhaps sometimes forgotten, produce that peculiar designation of mind, and propensity for some certain science or employment, which is commonly... | |
| Great Britain - 1804 - 716 páginas
...delight to read, til, by feeling the charms of verse, he became, as he relates, irrecoverably a poet Such are the accidents, which, sometimes remembered, and...particular designation of mind, and propensity for some certain science or employment, which is commonly called Genius. The true Genius is a mind of large... | |
| David Irving - 1804 - 524 páginas
...he had committed to memory all the historical parts. " Such," to adopt the language of Dr Johnson, " are the accidents which, sometimes remembered, and...particular designation of mind, and propensity for some certain science or employment, which is commonly called genius. The true genius is a mind of large... | |
| William Cook - 1804 - 468 páginas
...grasped it as the grand object of its future pursuits. " Such are the accidents (says Dr. Johnson) which sometimes remembered, and perhaps sometimes...particular designation of mind, and propensity for some certain science or employment, which is commonly called Genius." • We have a right to draw such a... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 336 páginas
...to read, till, by feeling the charms of verse, he became, as he relates, irrecoverably a poet. Such are the accidents which, sometimes remembered, and...particular designation of mind, and propensity for some certain science or employment,-which is commonly called Genius. The true Genius is a mind of large... | |
| Abraham Cowley - 1806 - 294 páginas
...to read, till, by feeling the charms of verse, he became, as he relates, irrecoverably a poet. Such are the accidents, which, sometimes remembered, and...particular designation of mind, and propensity for some certain science or employment, which is commonly called Genius. The true Genius is a mind of large... | |
| Abraham Cowley - 1809 - 296 páginas
...to read, till, by feeling the charms of verse, he became, as he relates, irrecoverably a poet. Such are the accidents, which, sometimes remembered, and...particular designation of mind, and propensity for some certain science of employment, which is commonly called Genius. The true Genius is a mind of large... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 476 páginas
...to read, till by feeling the charms of verse, he became, as he relates, irrecoverably a poet. Such are the accidents which, sometimes remembered, and...particular designation of mind, and propensity for some certain science or employment, which is commonly called Genius. The true genius is a mind of large... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 420 páginas
...to read, till, by feeling the charms of verse, he became, as he relates, irrecoverably a poet. Such are the accidents which, sometimes remembered, and...particular designation of mind, and propensity for some certain science or employment, which is commonly called genius. The true genius is a mind of large... | |
| John Evans - 1812 - 234 páginas
...charms of verse, he became, as he relates, irrecoverably a poet. Such," proceeds his biographer, " are the accidents which, sometimes remembered, and...particular designation of mind, and propensity for some certain science or employment, which is commonly called Genius !" It is also recorded of Sir Joshua... | |
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