The Spirit of the Age: Or, Contemporary Portraits. [By W. Hazlitt.] |
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He has less of the appearance of a man of genius , than any one who has given such decided and ample proofs of it . He is ready only on reflection : dangerous only at the rebound . He gathers himself up , and strains every nerve and ...
He has less of the appearance of a man of genius , than any one who has given such decided and ample proofs of it . He is ready only on reflection : dangerous only at the rebound . He gathers himself up , and strains every nerve and ...
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... when the conversation took a most animated turn and the subject was of Love . Of all these our åuthor is the only one remaining . Frail tenure , on which human life and genius are lent us for a while to improve or to enjoy ! MR .
... when the conversation took a most animated turn and the subject was of Love . Of all these our åuthor is the only one remaining . Frail tenure , on which human life and genius are lent us for a while to improve or to enjoy ! MR .
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On whatever question or author you speak , he is prepared to take up the theme with advantage from Peter Abelard down to Thomas Moore , from the subtlest metaphysies to the politics of the Courier . There is no man of genius , in whose ...
On whatever question or author you speak , he is prepared to take up the theme with advantage from Peter Abelard down to Thomas Moore , from the subtlest metaphysies to the politics of the Courier . There is no man of genius , in whose ...
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port : " nor is there any work of genius that does not come out of his hands like an Illuminated Missal , sparkling even in its defects . If Mr. Coleridge had not been the most impressive talker of his age , he would probably have been ...
port : " nor is there any work of genius that does not come out of his hands like an Illuminated Missal , sparkling even in its defects . If Mr. Coleridge had not been the most impressive talker of his age , he would probably have been ...
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Frailty , thy name is Genius ! ? What is become of all this mighty heap of hope , of thought , of learning , and humanity ? It has ended in swallowing doses of oblivion and in writing paragraphs in the Courier .
Frailty , thy name is Genius ! ? What is become of all this mighty heap of hope , of thought , of learning , and humanity ? It has ended in swallowing doses of oblivion and in writing paragraphs in the Courier .
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