Laconics: Or, the Best Works of the Best Authors, Svazek 2C. Tilt, 1840 |
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... genius who never lies , are synonymous to a saint . - Lavater . LXVI . Surely men , contrary to iron , are worse to be wrought upon when they are hot ; and are farre more tractable in cold blood . It is an observation of seamen , that ...
... genius who never lies , are synonymous to a saint . - Lavater . LXVI . Surely men , contrary to iron , are worse to be wrought upon when they are hot ; and are farre more tractable in cold blood . It is an observation of seamen , that ...
Strana 25
... genius . Invention , strictly speaking , is little more than a new combination of those images which have been previously gathered and deposited in the me- mory : nothing can be made of nothing : he who has laid up no materials , can ...
... genius . Invention , strictly speaking , is little more than a new combination of those images which have been previously gathered and deposited in the me- mory : nothing can be made of nothing : he who has laid up no materials , can ...
Strana 34
... genius to the vulgar , is like one to a million ; but genius without tyranny , without pretension , that judges the weak with equity , the superior with humanity , and equals with justice , is like one to ten mil lions . - Lavater ...
... genius to the vulgar , is like one to a million ; but genius without tyranny , without pretension , that judges the weak with equity , the superior with humanity , and equals with justice , is like one to ten mil lions . - Lavater ...
Strana 46
... genius and his money . ” — Shen- stone . CLXXXII . Melancholy discloses its symptoms according to the sentiments and passions of the minds it affects . An am- bitious man fancies himself a lord , statesman , minister , king , emperor ...
... genius and his money . ” — Shen- stone . CLXXXII . Melancholy discloses its symptoms according to the sentiments and passions of the minds it affects . An am- bitious man fancies himself a lord , statesman , minister , king , emperor ...
Strana 51
... genius may afford to pass by a piece of wit , if it happen to border on abuse . A little genius is obliged to catch at every witticism indiscrimi- nately . Shenstone . CCI . Court - virtues bear , like gems , the highest rate , Born ...
... genius may afford to pass by a piece of wit , if it happen to border on abuse . A little genius is obliged to catch at every witticism indiscrimi- nately . Shenstone . CCI . Court - virtues bear , like gems , the highest rate , Born ...
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