 | Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 страници
...didactic poem, in the Spenserian sttmzii, designed to 'trace the progress oi a poetical genius, born dress on( + lie may he supposed capable of appeanng in the world as a minstrul.' The idea was suggested by Percy's... | |
 | James Beattie - 1831 - 330 страници
...sixty-eight. PREFACE TO THE MINSTREL. THE design was to trace the progress of a Poetical Genius, born in a rude age, from the first dawning of fancy and...be supposed capable of appearing in the world as a Minstrel, that is, as an itinerant Poet and Musician ; — a character which, according to the notions... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 362 страници
...composition." Aceording to the author, "his design was to trace the progress of a poetical genius, born in a rude age, from the first dawning of fancy and...be supposed capable of appearing in the world as a Minstrel." There is no question (indeed he admits as much) that in the character of Edwin he desired... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 страници
...didactic poem, in the Spenserian stanza, desi gned to ' trace the progress of a poetical genius, born N % 7B ʱ$ =ʷ la).bj F O * ; Q Q +K = ^ u: .& CAo " z> bݐ;w h ^)I W & z h b 1g P a X& i minstrel.' The idea was suggested by Percy's preliminary Dissertation to his Reliques — one other... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 страници
...didactic poem, in the Spenserian stanza, designed to 'trace the progress of a poetical genius, born following : — ' Though a nation may be bought and...or beggared, and in every other sense undone, all i minstrel.1 The idea was suggested by Percy's preliminary Dissertation to his Reliques — one other... | |
 | William Collins - 1844 - 328 страници
...1803. THE PR-OGRESS OF GENIUS. PREFACE. THE design was to trace the progress of a poetical genius, horn in a rude age, from the first dawning of fancy and reason, till that period at which ho may he supposed capahle of appearing in the world a* a Minstrel, that is, as an itinerant poet and... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 780 страници
...didactic poem, in the Spenserian stanza, designed " to trace the progress of a poetical genius, born in a rude age, from the first dawning of fancy and...be supposed capable of appearing in the world as a minstrel." The character of Edwin, the Minstrel (in which Deattie embodied his own early feelings and... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 страници
...poem, in the Spenserian stanza, designed to ' trace the progress of a poetical genius. born in a rnde age, from the first dawning of fancy and reason, till...be supposed capable of appearing in the world as a minstrel.' The character of Edwin, the minstrel, in which the poet embodied his own early feelings... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 768 страници
...designed " to trace the progress of a poetical genius, born in a rude age, from the first dawning of faney and reason till that period at which he may be supposed capable of appearing in the world as a minstrel." The character of Edwin, the Minstrel (in which Beattie embodied his own early feelings and... | |
 | William Collins, Thomas Gray - 1852 - 332 страници
...OR, THE PROGRESS OF GENIUS. PREFACE. THE design was to trace the progress of & poetical genius, born in a rude age, from the first dawning of fancy and reason, till that period at which lie may be , fathers, was not only respectable, but sacred. I have endeavoured to imitate Spenser in... | |
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THE design was to trace the progress of a Poetical Genius, born in a rude age, from the first dawning of fancy and reason, till that period at which he may be supposed capable of appearing in the world as a Minstrel... 
