The Enlightenment and English Literature: Prose and Poetry of the Eighteenth Century, with Selected Modern Critical EssaysJohn L. Mahoney |
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... Genius , but that they serve rather to point and regulate its course . It is likewise equally evident that this last mentioned species of allegory presents a noble field for the display of a rich and luxuriant imagination , and that to ...
... Genius , but that they serve rather to point and regulate its course . It is likewise equally evident that this last mentioned species of allegory presents a noble field for the display of a rich and luxuriant imagination , and that to ...
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... genius are req- uisite , should attain its utmost perfection in the infancy of society , when mankind are only emerg- ing from a state of ignorance and barbarity , will appear a paradox to some , though it is an un- questionable truth ...
... genius are req- uisite , should attain its utmost perfection in the infancy of society , when mankind are only emerg- ing from a state of ignorance and barbarity , will appear a paradox to some , though it is an un- questionable truth ...
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... genius . A third cause of this quality's being remarkably exerted in an early period of society is the leisure and tranquillity of uncultivated life , together with the innocent pleasures which generally attend it . Genius naturally ...
... genius . A third cause of this quality's being remarkably exerted in an early period of society is the leisure and tranquillity of uncultivated life , together with the innocent pleasures which generally attend it . Genius naturally ...
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