The Powers of Genius: A Poem, in Three PartsJohn Conrad & Company, 1802 - 191 страници |
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... imagination , and may intro- duce episodes like the fables of Aristeus and Or . pheus in the Georgics : But these digressions should always flow naturally from the subject , like small streams which wander from their na- tive channel ...
... imagination , and may intro- duce episodes like the fables of Aristeus and Or . pheus in the Georgics : But these digressions should always flow naturally from the subject , like small streams which wander from their na- tive channel ...
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... imagination . Arm- strong has taught the art of preserving health ; and Polwhele has exhibited the orator , and pre- scribed rules for his direction . After this view of the qualities necessary to the didactic PREFACE .
... imagination . Arm- strong has taught the art of preserving health ; and Polwhele has exhibited the orator , and pre- scribed rules for his direction . After this view of the qualities necessary to the didactic PREFACE .
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... called passive genius . It is ne- cessary to direct the wild sallies of imagination , and to regulate the course of the inventive mind . Taste is more generally bestowed on mankind than genius , and is dependent on cultivation and rules.
... called passive genius . It is ne- cessary to direct the wild sallies of imagination , and to regulate the course of the inventive mind . Taste is more generally bestowed on mankind than genius , and is dependent on cultivation and rules.
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... imagination belong to genius ; for genius is the parent of imagination . The subjects upon which genius is exercised should be also respected and revered ; for they are the fields of pure and rational satisfaction . Whatever affords a ...
... imagination belong to genius ; for genius is the parent of imagination . The subjects upon which genius is exercised should be also respected and revered ; for they are the fields of pure and rational satisfaction . Whatever affords a ...
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... " This definition of Beattie has left unmentioned those ental powers united and operating with imagination ; it s also confined taste to the discernment of what is ele- It takes from Genius a reflected ray , As Cynthia 32 THE POWERS.
... " This definition of Beattie has left unmentioned those ental powers united and operating with imagination ; it s also confined taste to the discernment of what is ele- It takes from Genius a reflected ray , As Cynthia 32 THE POWERS.
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Страница 126 - Nor think, though men were none, That Heaven would want spectators, God want praise. Millions of spiritual creatures walk the Earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep: All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night. How often, from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket, have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each to other's note, Singing their great Creator!
Страница 123 - The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
Страница 145 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks: methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam...
Страница 118 - I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of hosts.
Страница 125 - The secrets of the hoary deep, a dark Illimitable ocean, without bound, Without dimension, where length, breadth, and height, And time, and place, are lost ; where eldest Night And Chaos, ancestors of nature, hold Eternal anarchy, amidst the noise Of endless wars, and by confusion stand.
Страница 120 - In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face ; the hair of my flesh stood up : It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying, Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his Maker?
Страница 121 - O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God.
Страница 119 - Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high ? She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place. From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off. Her young ones also suck up blood : and where the slain are, there is she.
Страница 128 - The seat of desolation, void of light, Save what the glimmering of these livid flames Casts pale and dreadful ? Thither let us tend From off the tossing of these fiery waves ; There rest, if any rest can harbour there...
Страница 144 - ... winds. From that time ever since, the sad friends of truth, such as durst appear, imitating the careful search that Isis made for the mangled body of Osiris, went up and down gathering up limb by limb still as they could find them. We have not yet found them all, Lords and Commons, nor ever shall do, till her master's second coming; he shall bring together every joint and member, and shall mould them into an immortal feature of loveliness and perfection.