A Book of English Essays (1600-1900)Stanley Victor Makower, Basil H. Blackwell Oxford University Press, 1952 - 440 pages |
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Page 68
... genius ; and that several had been entertained with music who had passed by it , but never heard that the musician had before made himself visible . When he had raised my thoughts by those transporting airs which he played , to taste ...
... genius ; and that several had been entertained with music who had passed by it , but never heard that the musician had before made himself visible . When he had raised my thoughts by those transporting airs which he played , to taste ...
Page 71
... genius , are Envy , Avarice , Superstition , Despair , Love , with the like cares and passions that infest human life . " 66 66 66 66 on I here fetched a deep sigh . Alas , " said I , man was made in vain ! how is he given away to ...
... genius , are Envy , Avarice , Superstition , Despair , Love , with the like cares and passions that infest human life . " 66 66 66 66 on I here fetched a deep sigh . Alas , " said I , man was made in vain ! how is he given away to ...
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... genius , composed in almost equal parts of curiosity and the desire of beauty , to take things as they came . Curiosity and the desire of beauty ! They are the two elementary forces in Leonardo's genius ; curiosity often in conflict ...
... genius , composed in almost equal parts of curiosity and the desire of beauty , to take things as they came . Curiosity and the desire of beauty ! They are the two elementary forces in Leonardo's genius ; curiosity often in conflict ...
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SIR THOMAS OVERBURY 15811613 | 9 |
SIR THOMAS BROWNE 16051682 | 16 |
THOMAS FULLER 16081661 | 22 |
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