 | James Montgomery - 1854 - 366 pages
...designation of mind, and propensity for some certain science or employment, which is called genius. The true genius is a mind of large general powers,...accidentally determined to some particular direction. Sir Joshua Reynolds, the great painter of the present age, had the first fondness for his art excited... | |
 | William R. Lyth - 1854 - 142 pages
...wherever there is power to stimulate the thoughts of men, and command their feelings." Dr. Johnson. " The true genius is a mind of large general powers,...accidentally determined to some particular direction." Readers who wish to consider the subject in d etail should consult the late D: Israeli's entertaining... | |
 | William R. Lyth - 1854 - 132 pages
...there is power to stimulate t he thoughts of men, and command their feelings." Dr. Johnson. " The tiue genius is a mind of large general powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction." Readers who wish to consider the subject in detail should consult the late D'Israeli's entertaining... | |
 | Mrs. S. C. Hall - 1854 - 608 pages
...way while yet a child. In allusion to this, Dr. Johnson gave his wellknown definition of genius — " A mind of large general powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction." We had almost dared to say this is rather the definition of a philosopher than of one who comprehended... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 512 pages
...success, was neglected at ita first publication, as the commentator supposes, i66 The true genins ia a mind of large general powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction. Sir Joshua Reynolds, the great painter of the present age, had the first fondness for bis art excited... | |
 | Samuel Bailey - 1855 - 846 pages
...designation of mind, or propensity to some certain science or employment, which is commonly called Genius. The true Genius is a mind of large general powers,...accidentally determined to some particular direction. Sir Joshua Reynolds, the great painter of the present age, had the first fondness for his art excited... | |
 | 1855 - 504 pages
...to lisp in numbers " ; and in speaking of this poet, gives his remarkable definition of genius : " A mind of large general powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction." Such a mind was Cowley's. Even while at Westminster school he wrote several small poems, and also several... | |
 | Samuel Bailey - 1858 - 330 pages
...circumstances. In unison with this view, it was expressly maintained by Dr. Johnson, in a well-known passage, that the true genius is a mind of large general powers accidentally determined to a particular direction.* Phrenology, while failing in its more ambitious attempts, has greatly assisted... | |
 | John Thomas Smith - 1861 - 470 pages
...designation of a mind and propensity for some certain science or employment, which is commonly called genius. The true genius is a mind of large general powers,...accidentally determined to some particular direction." Falcon Court, Fleet Street, at a short distance from the entrance to Chancery Lane, took its name from... | |
 | 1861 - 878 pages
...designation of mind, and propensity for some certain science or employment, which is commonly called genius. The true genius, is a mind of large general powers...accidentally determined to some particular direction." Questionable as is the general doctrine of this passage, it throws some light upon the fact, that prize... | |
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The true genius is a mind of large general powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction. 
