The Literary CharacterE. Moxon, 1839 - 388 Seiten |
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... the result of habit and educa- tion . Originates in peculiar qualities of the mind . The pre- disposition of genius . A substitution for the white paper of Locke 15 20 20 PAGE CHAPTER V. Youth of genius . - Its first.
... the result of habit and educa- tion . Originates in peculiar qualities of the mind . The pre- disposition of genius . A substitution for the white paper of Locke 15 20 20 PAGE CHAPTER V. Youth of genius . - Its first.
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... youth distinguished by his equals . - Feebleness of its first attempts . Of genius not discoverable even in man- hood . The education of the youth may not be that of his genius . An unsettled impulse , querulous till it finds its true ...
... youth distinguished by his equals . - Feebleness of its first attempts . Of genius not discoverable even in man- hood . The education of the youth may not be that of his genius . An unsettled impulse , querulous till it finds its true ...
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... youth , the materials which illustrate the literary character could never have been brought together . It was early in life that I con- ceived the idea of pursuing the history of genius by the similar events which had occurred to men of ...
... youth , the materials which illustrate the literary character could never have been brought together . It was early in life that I con- ceived the idea of pursuing the history of genius by the similar events which had occurred to men of ...
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... youth . The crude production was however not ill received , for the edition disappeared , and the subject was found more interesting than the writer . During a long interval of twenty years , this little work was often recalled to my ...
... youth . The crude production was however not ill received , for the edition disappeared , and the subject was found more interesting than the writer . During a long interval of twenty years , this little work was often recalled to my ...
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... youth and the times in which we live , they applauded me to the very echo ; and within these few years , when I have endeavoured at better things , and written what I suspect to have the prin- ciple of duration in it : the Church , the ...
... youth and the times in which we live , they applauded me to the very echo ; and within these few years , when I have endeavoured at better things , and written what I suspect to have the prin- ciple of duration in it : the Church , the ...
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ADAM SMITH amidst amusement appears artist BOCCACCIO brother BUFFON celebrated Cicero composed composition contemplating conversation critic curious declared delight DESCARTES discovered DOMENICHINO domestic Dugald Stewart enthusiasm exclaimed existence faculty fame fancy father favourite feelings formed French genius GIBBON glory habits happiness heart historian honour human HUME ideas imagination inspired intellectual invention irritability jealousy JOHN HUNTER knowledge labour learned letters literary character literature lived Lord Lord Byron Madame de Staël MALEBRANCHE meditation melancholy men of genius METASTASIO MILTON mind MONTESQUIEU mortified nature never Newton noble object observed opinions painter passed passion peculiar PEIRESC perpetual PETRARCH philosopher picture Plutarch poet poetical poetry POPE powers preserved principle pursuits Quintilian RACINE racter retired reverie ROUSSEAU says secret sensibility Sir WILLIAM JONES society solitary solitude soul spirit studies talents taste thought tion truth Voltaire writing young youth
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Seite 359 - ... within protect from harms. He can requite thee; for he knows the charms That call fame on such gentle acts as these, And he can spread thy name o'er lands and seas, Whatever clime the sun's bright circle warms. Lift not thy spear against the Muses...
Seite 3 - my history will not be long : the life that is devoted to knowledge passes silently away, and is very little diversified by events. To talk in public, to think in solitude, to read and to hear, to inquire and answer inquiries, is the business of a scholar. He wanders about the world without pomp or terror, and is neither known nor valued but by men like himself.
Seite 8 - The wisdom of a learned man cometh by opportunity of leisure: and he that hath little business shall become wise. How can he get wisdom that holdeth the plough, and that glorieth in the goad, that driveth oxen, and is occupied in their labours, and whose talk is of bullocks?
Seite 290 - Say, for you saw us, ye immortal lights, How oft unwearied have we spent the nights, Till the Ledaean stars, so famed for love, Wonder'd at us from above! We spent them not in toys, in lusts, or wine ; But search of deep Philosophy, Wit, Eloquence, and Poetry, Arts which I loved, for they, my friend, were thine.
Seite 265 - O, for my sake do you with Fortune chide, The guilty goddess of my harmful deeds, That did not better for my life provide Than public means which public manners breeds. Thence comes it that my name receives a brand, And almost thence my nature is subdued To what it works in, like the dyer's hand...
Seite 182 - He arose, fresh as the morning, to his task : the silence of the night invited him to pursue it ; and he can truly say, that food and rest were not preferred before it. Every psalm improved infinitely upon his acquaintance with it, and no one gave him uneasiness but the last ; for then he grieved that his work was done.
Seite 277 - Methinks I hear in accents low The sportive, kind reply : Poor moralist ! and what art thou ? A solitary fly ! Thy joys no glittering female meets, No hive hast thou of hoarded sweets, No painted plumage to display : On hasty wings thy youth is flown ; Thy sun is set, thy spring is gone — We frolic, while 'tis May.
Seite 216 - In Pope I cannot read a line, But with a Sigh I wish it mine ; When He can in one Couplet fix More Sense than I can do in six; It gives me such a jealous Fit, I cry "Pox take him and his Wit!
Seite 269 - ... is still surely a more honourable, a more useful, and in general even a more profitable employment than that other of writing for a bookseller, to which the art of printing has given occasion.
Seite 149 - Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency. For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.