 | 1796 - 816 pages
...combinations .and relations of forrounding circumlfances, fees all things in their juft dimenfionSj and attributes to each its due. Of the various occupations...engaged, there is not one in which he was not eminently fnccclbtul, hut he was moft particularly diftingoilhed in thofc which jtiftly hold the firft rank in... | |
 | English literature - 1796 - 746 pages
...circumflances, fees all things in tht-ir juft dimenfions and attributes to each its due. Of the vaiious occupations in which Lorenzo engaged, there is not one in which he was not eminently fuccefsful, but he was mod particularly diftinguifhed irt thcfe which juffl}- hold the firft rank in... | |
 | 1797 - 856 pages
...tlie various combinations and relations of furroundIng circumftances, fees all things 111 their juft dimensions, and attributes to each its due. Of the...engaged, there is not one in which he was not eminently fuccefsful ; but he was inoft particularly diftinguifljed in thofe which ju'ftly hold the firft rank... | |
 | English poetry - 1797 - 846 pages
...ail things in their juft dimenfions,, and attributes to each its due. Of the various occupations iu which Lorenzo engaged, there is not one in which he was not eminently fuc^ cefsful ; but he was moft particularly diilinguifhed in thofe which juflly hold the firft rank... | |
 | Robert Huish - Queens - 1821 - 734 pages
...one pursuit, however important and laudable, is not the characteristic of the higher class of genins, which piercing through the various combinations and...each its due. Of the various occupations in which the Princess Caroline at this time engaged, there was scarcely one in which she did not succeed ; but... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 440 pages
...remarkable instance of depth of penetration, versatility of talent, and comprehension of mind. — Of the various occupations in which Lorenzo engaged,...which he was not eminently successful: but he was more particularly distinguished in those which justly hold the first rank in human estimation. The... | |
 | Edward Meryon - Anthropology - 1836 - 262 pages
...most remarkable instance of depth of penetration, versatility of talent and comprehension of mind. Of the various occupations in which Lorenzo engaged,...which he was not eminently successful ; but he was more particularly distinguished in those which justly hold the first rank in human estimation. The... | |
 | William Roscoe - 1883 - 638 pages
...full and equal stream? To be absorbed in one pursuit, however important, is not the characteristic of the higher class of genius, which, piercing through...distinguished in those which justly hold the first rank iu. human estimation. The facility with which he turned from subjects of the highest importance to... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - Literature - 1898 - 558 pages
...full and equal stream ? To be absorbed in one pursuit, however important, is not the characteristic of the higher class of genius, which, piercing through...engaged, there is not one in which he was not eminently suocessful ; but he was most particularly distinguished in those which justly hold the first rank in... | |
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To be absorbed in one pursuit, however important, is not the characteristick of the higher class of genius, which, piercing through the various combinations and relations of surrounding circumstances, sees all things in their just dimensions, and attributes... 