The Portico, Volume 3Tobias Watkins, Stephen Simpson Neale Wills & Cole, 1817 |
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Page 230
... Genius are twin flames from the same censer , encourage their ascent to the skies- if they are more dangerous , will they not give the more light ? — If Passion be the fountain that supplies to Genius all that un- governable tide to ...
... Genius are twin flames from the same censer , encourage their ascent to the skies- if they are more dangerous , will they not give the more light ? — If Passion be the fountain that supplies to Genius all that un- governable tide to ...
Page 299
... Genius . I answer , that I know of no Genius , unless it is manifested in some creation , produc- tion , or discourse ; and as the latter cannot be attained with the moving power , Passion , so Passion is the soul of Genius ; and the ...
... Genius . I answer , that I know of no Genius , unless it is manifested in some creation , produc- tion , or discourse ; and as the latter cannot be attained with the moving power , Passion , so Passion is the soul of Genius ; and the ...
Page 300
... Genius . The authority of great names , and still more , of superiour in- tellectual powers on a metaphysical subject , where the fear of te- diousness precludes the requisite detail of argument , seems pre- ferable to bold assertions ...
... Genius . The authority of great names , and still more , of superiour in- tellectual powers on a metaphysical subject , where the fear of te- diousness precludes the requisite detail of argument , seems pre- ferable to bold assertions ...
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