EssaysH.M. Caldwell, 1892 |
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Page 12
... talents , or of industry and skill in metre , but of the true poet . I took part in a conversation the other day , concerning a recent writer of lyrics , a man of subtle mind , whose head appeared to be a music - box of delicate tunes ...
... talents , or of industry and skill in metre , but of the true poet . I took part in a conversation the other day , concerning a recent writer of lyrics , a man of subtle mind , whose head appeared to be a music - box of delicate tunes ...
Page 14
... Talent may frolic and juggle ; genius realizes and adds . Mankind , in good earnest , have availed so far in understanding themselves and their work , that the foremost watchman on the peak announces his news . It is the truest word ...
... Talent may frolic and juggle ; genius realizes and adds . Mankind , in good earnest , have availed so far in understanding themselves and their work , that the foremost watchman on the peak announces his news . It is the truest word ...
Page 47
... is the iron wire on which the beads are strung . Of what use is fortune or talent to a cold and defective nature ? Who cares what sensibility or discrimination a man has at some time shown , if he falls TEMPERAMENT . 47.
... is the iron wire on which the beads are strung . Of what use is fortune or talent to a cold and defective nature ? Who cares what sensibility or discrimination a man has at some time shown , if he falls TEMPERAMENT . 47.
Page 53
... talent , and the mastery of successful men consists in adroitly keeping themselves where and when that turn shall be oftenest to be practiced . We do what we must , and call it by the best names we can , and would fain have the praise ...
... talent , and the mastery of successful men consists in adroitly keeping themselves where and when that turn shall be oftenest to be practiced . We do what we must , and call it by the best names we can , and would fain have the praise ...
Page 80
... talent appears at one time great , at another time small , but character is of a stellar and undiminishable greatness . What others effect by talent or by eloquence , this man accomplishes by some magnetism . " Half his strength he put ...
... talent appears at one time great , at another time small , but character is of a stellar and undiminishable greatness . What others effect by talent or by eloquence , this man accomplishes by some magnetism . " Half his strength he put ...
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