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" It was intended to be used in the senses ascribed to the word in Johnson's Dictionary, viz. " Mental power or faculties. Disposition of nature by which any one is qualified to some peculiar employment. Nature; disposition. "
Memoirs of a Picture: Containing the Adventures of Many Conspicuous ... - Seite 176
von William Collins - 1805
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Memoirs of picture: containing the adventures of many conspicuous characters ...

William Collins (picture-dealer.) - 1805 - 260 Seiten
...readers the definition of some of the greatest masters of human intellect, upon the word Genius. t)ryden defines it—" Mental power or faculties ; disposition...says the same inspired writer. The learned editor of Aiusworth's Dictionary defines Genius—" A natural inclination ; the natural quality or disposition...
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A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language ...

John Walker - 1807 - 1108 Seiten
...s. The protecting or ruling power of men, places or things ; a man endowed with superior faculties ; mental power or faculties ; disposition of nature by which any one is qualified for some peculiar employment ; nature, disposition. GKNTEEL, jen-teel'. a. Polite, elegant in behaviour, civil...
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A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language ...

John Walker - 1806 - 636 Seiten
...s. The protecting or ruling power of men, places, or th cullies a man endowed with supenour famental power or faculties ; disposition of nature by which any one is qualified for some peculiar employment ; nature, disposition. GENTEEL, jèn-téèl'. a. Polite, elegant in behaviour,...
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A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language ...

John Walker - 1819 - 800 Seiten
...The protecting or ruling power of men, places or things ; a man endowed with superiour faculties : mental power or faculties ; disposition of nature by which any one is qualified for some peculiar employment nature, disposition. GENTEEL, j<?n-tPPl'. a. Polite, elegant in be haviour, civil...
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A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English Language (etc.)

John Walker - 1822 - 710 Seiten
...The protecting or ruling power of men. place), or tilings ; a man endowed with superiour faculties; mental power or faculties ; disposition of nature by which any one is qualified for torn* peculiar employment ; nature, disposition. GENTEEL, j en-tiil! a. PolMe, elegant In behaviour,...
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A Dictionary of the English Language, Band 1

Samuel Johnson - 1828 - 860 Seiten
...The protecting or ruling power of men, places, or things ; a man endowed with superiour faculties ; mental power or faculties ; disposition of nature by which any one is qualified for some peculiar employment ; nature ; disposition. GENTEEL, (jen-teel') o. Polite ; elegant in behaviour ;...
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Applied Sociology: A Treatise on the Conscious Improvement of Society by Society

Lester Frank Ward - 1906 - 428 Seiten
..." in the same sense in which Galton used it in his work, Hereditary Genius, viz., in the sense of " mental power or faculties ; disposition of nature by which any one is qualified for some peculiar employment," as denned in Johnson's Dictionary, not agreeing with Galton that there is anything...
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Hereditary Genius: An Inquiry Into Its Laws and Consequences

Francis Galton - 1914 - 420 Seiten
...inborn. It was intended to be used in the senses ascribed to the word in Johnson's Dictionary, viz. " Mental power or faculties. Disposition of nature by which any one is qualified to some peculiar employment. Nature; disposition." A person who is a genius is defined as — A man...
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