... there is more beauty in the works of a great genius, who is ignorant of all the rules of art, than in the works of a little genius, who not only knows but scrupulously observes them. The Spectator - Página 1461729Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 286 páginas
...sometimes a greater judgment shewn in deviating from the rules of art than in adhering to them; and, 2dly, that there is more beauty in the works of a great genius, who is ignorant of all the rules of art, than in the works of a little genius, who not only knows but scrupulously observes... | |
| Spectator The - 1823 - 352 páginas
...sometimes a greater judgment shewn in deviating from the rules of art than in adhering to them ; and, 2dly, that there is more beauty in the works of a great genius, who is ignorant of all the rules of art, than in the works of a little genius, who not only knows but scrupulously observes;... | |
| Ebenezer Porter, Lyman Matthews - 1836 - 204 páginas
...the rules of good writing, and notwithstanding choose to depart from them on extraordinary occasions. There is more beauty in the works of a great genius, who is ignorant of the rules of art, than in those of a little genius, who knows and observes them." Addison himself, however, has illustrated the... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1837 - 478 páginas
...sublime in writing. In the next place, our critics do not seem sensible that there is more beauty in thc^ works of a great genius, who is ignorant of the rules of art, than in those of a little ge-| nius who know«, and observes them. It is of these men of genius that Terence... | |
| Spectator The - 1853 - 554 páginas
...sometimes a greater judgment shown in deviating from the rules of art than in adhering to them; and 2dly, That there is more beauty in the works of a great genius who is ignorant of all the rules of art, than in the works of a little genius who not only knows but scrupulously observes... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1854 - 726 páginas
...greater judgment shewn in deviating from the rules of art, than in adhering to them ; and, Secondly, That there is more beauty in the works of a great genius who is ignorant of all the rules of art, than in the works of a little genius, who not only knows, but scrupulously observes... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1854 - 698 páginas
...greater judgment shewn in deviating from the rules of art, than in adhering to them ; and, Secondly, That there is more beauty in the works of a great genius who is ignorant of all the rules of art, than in the works of a little genius, who not only knows, but scrupulously observes... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1854 - 710 páginas
...eater judgment shewn in deviating from the rules of art, than in adhering to them ; and, Secondly, That there is more beauty in the works of a great genius who is ignorant of all the rules of art, than in the works of a little genius, who not only knows, but serupulously observes... | |
| 1855 - 518 páginas
...arts, which is what we call the sublime in writing. In the next piece, our critics do not seem sensible that there is more beauty in the works of a great...genius, who is ignorant of the rules of art, than in those of a little genius who knows and observes them. It is of these men of genius that Terence speaks,... | |
| 1855 - 528 páginas
...greater judgment shown in deviating from the rules of art than in adhering to them ; and, secondly, that there is more beauty in the works of a great genius, who is ignorant of all the rules of art, than in the works of a little genius, who not only knows but scrupulously observes... | |
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