The American Monthly Magazine, Volumen1Nathaniel Parker Willis Peirce and Williams, 1829 |
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... genius too , and the twa dinna always gang thegither - mony a man haein ' as fine an ear for tunes , as the starnies on a dewy nicht that listen to the grass growin ' roun ' the vernal primroses , and yet no able to play on ony ...
... genius too , and the twa dinna always gang thegither - mony a man haein ' as fine an ear for tunes , as the starnies on a dewy nicht that listen to the grass growin ' roun ' the vernal primroses , and yet no able to play on ony ...
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... genius and learning receive atten- tions which no subsequent age sees repeated . Ennius was the inseparable companion of the elder Africanus ; all the crowned heads of Europe contended for the honor of entertaining Erasmus ; and Spencer ...
... genius and learning receive atten- tions which no subsequent age sees repeated . Ennius was the inseparable companion of the elder Africanus ; all the crowned heads of Europe contended for the honor of entertaining Erasmus ; and Spencer ...
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... genius when not absolutely of the first order , which gives our interest in its possessor almost the character of an affection . The tall spirits ' of our race win from us , for the time , a louder admiration , and we are ever ready ...
... genius when not absolutely of the first order , which gives our interest in its possessor almost the character of an affection . The tall spirits ' of our race win from us , for the time , a louder admiration , and we are ever ready ...
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... genius before or since , is too trite a truism to need our advocacy . But it is not so generally known that during the same period the other nations of Europe produced their master spirits ; and that Tasso , Camoens , and Cervantes ...
... genius before or since , is too trite a truism to need our advocacy . But it is not so generally known that during the same period the other nations of Europe produced their master spirits ; and that Tasso , Camoens , and Cervantes ...
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... Genius and Taste . Genius , I should say , is the power of production ; Taste is the power of appreciation . Genius is creation ; Taste is selection . Horace Walpole was a man of great taste , without an atom of genius . Nathaniel Lee ...
... Genius and Taste . Genius , I should say , is the power of production ; Taste is the power of appreciation . Genius is creation ; Taste is selection . Horace Walpole was a man of great taste , without an atom of genius . Nathaniel Lee ...
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