The Literature and Literati of Bath: An Essay, Read at the Literary Club, November 13, 1852R.E. Peach, 1854 - 92 páginas |
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... genius , or under which worth or talent has sprung to light , even as we gaze with some complacency on the casket , though it no longer contains the diamond . Happy , indeed , shall I be if my pages afford to any class of readers either ...
... genius , or under which worth or talent has sprung to light , even as we gaze with some complacency on the casket , though it no longer contains the diamond . Happy , indeed , shall I be if my pages afford to any class of readers either ...
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... genius and literature , but is famed merely as the resort of the invalid , the trifler , and the lover of pleasure and dissipation . On one occasion I was challenged to mention any man of genius or of fame who had ever been born here as ...
... genius and literature , but is famed merely as the resort of the invalid , the trifler , and the lover of pleasure and dissipation . On one occasion I was challenged to mention any man of genius or of fame who had ever been born here as ...
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... genius , and here most of the learned and the wise of the age met with a hospitable reception . † Pope had the highest opi- * He died in 1813 , at his house in Belvedere . † Mr. ALLEN was originally a clerk in the Bath Post Office ; and ...
... genius , and here most of the learned and the wise of the age met with a hospitable reception . † Pope had the highest opi- * He died in 1813 , at his house in Belvedere . † Mr. ALLEN was originally a clerk in the Bath Post Office ; and ...
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... genius ; but he did not confine himself to this branch of study alone ; " In- tellectual Physics , " Hydraulics , and political enquiry also engaged much of his time . † of respect and admiration ; and I am glad of this opportunity of ...
... genius ; but he did not confine himself to this branch of study alone ; " In- tellectual Physics , " Hydraulics , and political enquiry also engaged much of his time . † of respect and admiration ; and I am glad of this opportunity of ...
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... genius , or a mind more richly stored with knowledge ; and these , combined with the most laborious investigation , both mental and personal , of the subject to which he had devoted himself , not only gave him a high reputation for ...
... genius , or a mind more richly stored with knowledge ; and these , combined with the most laborious investigation , both mental and personal , of the subject to which he had devoted himself , not only gave him a high reputation for ...
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