Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few WordsPorter & Coates, 1871 - 504 sider |
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Side ix
... genius , and an able one too ; but as the true gentleman will appear , even in rags , so true gen- ius will shine even through the coarsest style . But above all I do most earnestly hope , that none will accuse me of usurping on this ...
... genius , and an able one too ; but as the true gentleman will appear , even in rags , so true gen- ius will shine even through the coarsest style . But above all I do most earnestly hope , that none will accuse me of usurping on this ...
Side x
... genius who has written a little book , we have a thousand little geniuses , who have written great books . A volume , therefore , that contains more words than ideas , like a tree that has more foliage than fruit , may suit those to ...
... genius who has written a little book , we have a thousand little geniuses , who have written great books . A volume , therefore , that contains more words than ideas , like a tree that has more foliage than fruit , may suit those to ...
Side 18
... genius appeared in the " Southern Literary Journal , " written by one who describes himself as " having enjoyed the advantages of an unrestrained literary intercourse with him , during his sojourn in this country . " He is said to have ...
... genius appeared in the " Southern Literary Journal , " written by one who describes himself as " having enjoyed the advantages of an unrestrained literary intercourse with him , during his sojourn in this country . " He is said to have ...
Side 27
... genius . Because some have united these extravagances , with great demonstrations of talent , as a Rousseau , a Chat- terton , a Savage , a Burns , or a Byron ; others finding it less difficult to be eccentric , than to LACON . 23.
... genius . Because some have united these extravagances , with great demonstrations of talent , as a Rousseau , a Chat- terton , a Savage , a Burns , or a Byron ; others finding it less difficult to be eccentric , than to LACON . 23.
Side 27
... genius is never so great , as when it is chastised and subdued by the highest reason ; it is from such a combination , like that of Buce- phalus , reined in by Alexander , that the most powerful efforts have been produced . And be it ...
... genius is never so great , as when it is chastised and subdued by the highest reason ; it is from such a combination , like that of Buce- phalus , reined in by Alexander , that the most powerful efforts have been produced . And be it ...
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