 ... he became, as he relates, irrecoverably a poet. Such are the accidents which, sometimes remembered, and perhaps sometimes forgotten, produce that particular designation of mind, and propensity for some certain science or employment, which is commonly...  The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Seite 2von Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Samuel Johnson - 1838 - 716 Seiten
...sometimes forgotten, produce that particular designation of mind, and propensity for some certain science or employment, which is commonly called genius. The...By his mother's solicitation he was admitted into Westminster School, where he was soon distinguished. He was wont, says Sprat, to relate, " That he... | |
 | Junius (pseud.) - 1838 - 138 Seiten
...minds, which are not associated with great moral qualities and noble hearts.' • Johnson says that, ' true genius is a mind of large general powers accidentally determined to some particular direction.' Godwin says, ' genius in the first instance is a spirit of prying observation and curiosity.' While... | |
 | 1838 - 542 Seiten
...which there is and must be something deficient. Dr. Johnson's definition ('Life of Cowley,') is this : 'The true genius is a mind of large general powers accidentally determined in some particular direction.' Generally it is understood to be the perfection of human intelligence.... | |
 | Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge - 1838 - 540 Seiten
...ifiere i* and must be something deficient. Dr. Johnson's definition ('Life of Cowley,') is this : ' The true genius is a mind of large general powers accidentally determined in •ome particular direction.' Generally it is understood to '.<• the perfection of human intelligence.... | |
 | 1838 - 542 Seiten
...which Ihcre is and must be something deficient. Dr. Johnson's definition (' Life of Cowley,') is this : 'The true genius is a mind of large general powers accidentally determined in some particular direction." Generally it is understood to be the perfection of human intelligence.... | |
 | 1838 - 1056 Seiten
...•here i= and must be something deficient. Dr. Johnson's definition (' Life of Cowley,') is this : 'The true genius is a mind of large general powers accidentally determined in Mme particular direction.' Generally it is understood to be the perfection of human intelligence.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 522 Seiten
...sometimes forgotten, produce that particular designation of mind, and propensity for some certain science or employment, which is commonly called Genius. The...of large general powers, accidentally determined to sonje particular direction. Sir Joshua Reynolds, the great Painter of the present age, had the first... | |
 | John Eddowes (bookseller.) - 1840 - 536 Seiten
...of Criticism, and the Science of the Connoisseur, 8vo, calf, very neat, 5s 1773 Sir Joshua Reynolds had the first fondness for his art excited by the perusal of Richardson's Treatise. 4758 (Bp. of Ardagh) Choice Observations arid Explanations upon the Old Testament, folio, 5s 1665 4759... | |
 | 1844 - 104 Seiten
...would coincide in substance with the one above given. He says, " the true genius is a mind of large powers, accidentally determined to some particular...first fondness for his art excited by the perusal of Richardson." The single term " accidentally" involves the whole difference between two systems of mental... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1841 - 384 Seiten
...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... | |
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