 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - 1809 - 476 страници
...inspiration of Genius, finding out where he inhabits, and where he is to be invoked with the'greatest success ; of attending to times and seasons when the...poets writing from the dictates of a little winged boy oa or genius, that this same genius did really inform him in a whisper what he was to write ; and that... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1811 - 590 страници
...his latter life. But I am persuaded, " that scarce a poet is to be found, from Homer clown to '' Dr} den, who preserved a sound mind in a sound body, "...which were produced in his more "youthful days."* After all, however, it cannot be denied, that the differences among individuals, in the natural history... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1816 - 644 страници
...latter life. But I am persuaded, that scarce a poet " is to be found, from Homer down to Dryden, " who preserved a sound mind in a sound body, and "...with " the fire of imagination, as those which were pro" duced in his more youthful days." * After all, however, it cannot be denied, that the differences... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - 1819 - 614 страници
...his latter life. But I am persuaded, that scarce a poet is to be found, from Homer down to Dryden, who preserved a sound mind in a sound body, and continued...represent poets writing from the dictates of a little o 2 winged boy or genius, that this same genius did really inform him in a whisper what be was to write... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1819 - 610 страници
...his latter life. But I am persuaded, that scarce a poet is to be found, from Homer down to Dryden, who preserved a sound mind in a sound body, and continued...represent poets writing from the dictates of a little o 2 winged boy or genius, that this same genius did really inform him in a whisper what he was to write... | |
 | Samuel Bailey - 1823 - 424 страници
...his latter life. But I am persuaded, that scarce a poet is to be found, from Homer down to Dryden, who preserved a sound mind in a sound body, and continued...those which were produced in his more youthful days." Seventh Discourse, vol. i of bis collected Works. The same opinion is maintained by Mr. Stewart in... | |
 | sir Joshua Reynolds - 1824 - 332 страници
...his latter life. But I am persuaded, that scarce a poet is to be found, from Homer down to Dryden, who preserved a sound mind in a sound body, and continued...fire of imagination, as those which were produced m his more youthful days. i To understand literally these metaphors, or ideas expressed in poetical... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1824 - 332 страници
...his latter life. But I am persuaded, that scarce a poet is to be found, from Homer down to Dryden, who preserved a sound mind in a sound body, and continued practising his profession to the very last, J whose latter works are not as replete with the fire of imagination, as those which were produced... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 454 страници
...his latter life. But I am persuaded, that scarce a poet is to be found, from Homer down to Dryden, who preserved a sound mind in a sound body, and continued...those which were produced in his more youthful days." * After all, however, it cannot be denied, that the differences among individuals, in the natural history... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 450 страници
...his latter life. But I am persuaded, that scarce a poet is to be found, from Homer down to Dryden, who preserved a sound mind in a sound body, and continued...those which were produced in his more youthful days." * After all, however, it cannot be denied, that the differences among individuals, in the natural history... | |
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To understand literally these metaphors, or ideas expressed in poetical language, seems to be equally absurd as to conclude that because painters sometimes represent poets writing from the dictates of a little winged boy or genius, that this same genius... 
