...his ahility to meet with, and dispose of, new and emharrassing exigencies. Johnson has said, — " The true genius is a mind of large general powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction ;" with the single improvement, as we take it to be, of substituting providentially...

...sometimes forgotten, produce that peculiar designation of mind, and propensity for some certain science or employment, which is commonly called Genius. The true genius is a man of large general powers accidentally determined to some particular direction. Sir Joshua Reynolds,...

...designation of mind, and propensity for some certain science or employment, which is commonly called ilenius. True genius is a mind of large general powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction. Sir Joshua Reynolds, the great painter of the last age, had the first fondnesb/ur...

...another channel. His own opinion on the subject has already been stated; and Johnson's notion, that " true genius is a mind of large general powers accidentally determined to some particular direction," appears to have suggested or confirmed it. The point must still remain...

...sometimes forgotten, produce that particular designation of mind, and propensity for some certain science or employment, which is commonly called genius. The...of large general powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction. Sir Joshua Reynolds, the great painter of the present age, had the first...

...sometimes forgotten, produce that particular designation of mind, and propensity for some certain science or employment, which is commonly called genius. The...of large general powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction. Sir Joshua Reynolds, the great painter of the present age, had the first...

...that particular 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...

...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...

...sometimes forgotten, produce that particular designation of mind, or propensity to some certain science or employment, which is commonly called Genius. The...of large general powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction. Sir Joshua Reynolds, the great painter of the present age, had the first...

...which, sometimes remembered, and perhaps sometimes forgotten, produce that Johnson's Lives, l. 1 I 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...