 | Allan Cunningham - 1841 - Страниц: 384
...have entertained the same notion of genius, as that in after years expressed by Johnson the second : " A mind of large general powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction." And Dryden, unaware of what the dramatist said, thus writes of himself: —" The same parts and application... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1843 - Страниц: 718
...the charms of verse, he became, as he relates, irrecoverably a poet., Such are the accidents which, sometimes remembered, and perhaps sometimes forgotten,...accidentally determined to some particular direction. Sir Joshua Reynolds, the great painter of the present age, had the first fondness for his art excited... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1844 - Страниц: 484
...the accidents which, sometimesremembered, and perhaps sometimes for* gotten, produce that peculiar designation of mind, and propensity for some certain...which is commonly called Genius. The true genius is a man of large general powers accidentally determined to some particular direction. Sir Joshua Reynolds,... | |
 | John Thomas Smith - 1846 - Страниц: 484
...accidents which, sometimes remembered and sometimes forgotten, produce that particular designation of a mind and propensity for some certain science or employment,...accidentally determined to some particular direction." Falcon Court. Fleet Street, at a short distance from the entrance to Chancery Lane, took its name from... | |
 | Richard Hiley - 1846 - Страниц: 144
...feeling the charms of verse, he became, as it is said, irrecoverably a poet. Snch are accidents which, sometimes remembered, and, perhaps, sometimes forgotten,...certain science or employment, which is commonly called genim. True genius is a mind of large general powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1846 - Страниц: 714
...pioduce that particular designation of mint!, and propensity for some certain science nr c.nployment, which is commonly called genius. The true genius is...accidentally determined to some particular direction. Sir Joshua Reynolds, the great painter of the present age, had the first fondness tor his art excited... | |
 | 1847 - Страниц: 280
...Temple, and read in the chambers of a conveyancer. Old Mr. Surtees had been in the habit of saybeted and perhaps sometimes forgotten, produce that particular...science or employment, which is commonly called genius." (Dr. Johnson's Life of Cowley). A spirited ballad on the death of " Sir John le Spring," was the production... | |
 | William Hosmer - 1847 - Страниц: 278
...the charms of verse, he became, as he relates, irrecoverably a poet. Such are the accidents which, sometimes remembered, and perhaps sometimes forgotten,...particular designation of mind, and propensity for seme certain science or employment, which is commonly called genius. The true genius is a mind of large... | |
 | James Caughey - 1847 - Страниц: 376
...Perhaps it was a train of reasoning something similar which led Dr. Johnson to define genius to be a mind of large general powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction. Although one cannot but lament the manner in which Petrarch employed his extraordinary talents, nor... | |
 | John Thomas Smith - 1849 - Страниц: 472
...particular designa- ' tion of a mind and propensity for some certain science or em* ployment, which ia commonly called genius. The true genius is a mind...accidentally determined to some particular direction." sermon preached annually at the neighbouring church of St. Dunstan, on the 10th of July, when certain... | |
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sometimes remembered, and perhaps sometimes forgotten, produce that particular designation of mind, and propensity for some certain science or employment, which is commonly called genius. The true genius is a mind of large general powers, accidentally... 
