 | 1717 - 336 pages
...Writing. ^. In the next Place, our 9M*!cs do not feem fcnfible that there is more Beauty in the Works gf a great Genius who is ignorant of the Rules of Art, than in thofe of a little Genius -who knows and obferves them. It is of thefe Men of Genius that Terence fpeaks,... | |
 | 1729 - 320 pages
...fometimes a greater Judgment (hewn in deviating from the Rules of Art, than in adhering to them; and, zdly, 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 fcrupuloufly obferves... | |
 | 1786 - 670 pages
...arts, which it what we call the fublime in writing. In the next place, our critics do not fcem fenfible that there is more beauty in the works of a great genius who i* ignorant of the ru'es of art, than in thole of a little genius who knows and obierves them. It is... | |
 | 1789 - 428 pages
...a greater judgment ihewn in deviating from the rules of art than iti adhering to them ; and, adly, 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 fcrupuloufly obferves... | |
 | British essayists - 1802 - 304 pages
...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... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1802 - 320 pages
...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... | |
 | 1803 - 342 pages
...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 ia ignorant of the rules of art, than in the works of a little genius, who not only knows, but scrupulously... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 498 pages
...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... | |
 | 1808 - 306 pages
...that he was killed secundum artem. Our inimitahle Shakspeare is a stumhling-hlock to the whole trihe of these rigid critics. Who would not rather read one of his plays, when 180 SCANDAL-BEARERS BAD HEARTED, there is not a single rule of the stage ohserved, than any production... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - 1810 - 272 pages
...a greater judgment shown in deviating from the rules of art than in adhering to them ; and, 2rf/y, 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 httle genius who not only knows but scrupulously observes... | |
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... 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. 
