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" There is another kind of great geniuses which I shall place in a second class, not as I think them inferior to the first, but only for distinction's sake, as they are of a different kind. This second class of great geniuses are those* that have formed... "
The British Essayists - Page 130
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Spectator (The)

1836 - 1118 pages
...they are of a different kind. The second class of great genuises are those that hate formed themselves &V V V ViU V < A S S V R^UwWxW U PwU Q Q V SFQ M S T R Rw?OVWUrVyT1V2V... W W W ? L*O LSV Q WxUyUzU{U|U}UfV T T T#V V V L <;J C W1Qo=*I+I <@Q4R Euplish, Milton and Sir Francis Bacon. The genius in both these classes of authors m»v be equally...
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The Spectator, no. 1-314

Joseph Addison - 1837 - 480 pages
...are of a different kind. This second class of great geniuses are those that have formed themselves by rules, and submitted the greatness of their natural...Tully; among the English Milton and Sir Francis Bacon. * A particular account of these people and the strange fortune of their leader, is to be f jund in...
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The Works of Joseph Addison, Volumes 1-2

Joseph Addison - 1842 - 944 pages
...are of a different kind. This second class of great geniuses are those that have formed themselves on Joseph" J * A particular account of these people and the stranrc fortune of their leader, is to be found in Voltaire's...
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The Discourses of Sir Joshua Reynolds

Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1842 - 318 pages
...are of a different kind. This second class of Great Geniuses are those that have formed themselves by rules, and submitted the greatness of their natural...talents to the corrections and restraints of Art. The great danger in the latter kind of Geniuses is, lest they cramp their own abilities too much by...
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The Spectator [by J. Addison and others]: with a biogr. and critical preface ...

Spectator The - 1853 - 1118 pages
...are of a different kind. This second class of great geniuses are those that have formed themselves by rules, and submitted the greatness of their natural...these classes of authors may be equally great, but shows itself after a different manner. In the first, it is like a rich soil in a happy climate, that...
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The Spectator [by J. Addison and others] with sketches of the ..., Volumes 3-4

Spectator The - 1853 - 558 pages
...are of a different Kind. This second class of great geniuses are those that have formed themselves by rules, and submitted the greatness of their natural...were Plato and Aristotle; among the Romans Virgil * Or the French prophets. They were a set of enthusiasts of Cevcnnes in France, who worked themselves...
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The Spectator: With a Biographical and Critical Preface, and ..., Volume 2

1854 - 634 pages
...are of a different kind. This second class of great geniuses are those that have formed themselves by rules, and submitted the greatness of their natural...these classes of authors may be equally great, but shows itself after a different manner. In the first, it is like a rich soil in a happy climate, that...
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The Works of Joseph Addison: Including the Whole Contents of Bp ..., Volume 4

Joseph Addison - 1854 - 618 pages
...are of a different kind. This second class of great geniuses are those that have formed themselves by rules, and submitted the greatness of their natural...these classes of authors may be equally great, but shows itself after a different manner. In the first it is like a rich soil in a happy climate, that...
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The Works of Joseph Addison: The Spectator

Joseph Addison - 1854 - 624 pages
...are of a different kind. This second class of great geniuses are those that have formed themselves by rules, and submitted the greatness of their natural...these classes of authors may be equally great, but shows itself after a different manner. In the first it is like a rich soil in a happy climate, that...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison: The Tatler and Spectator ...

Joseph Addison - 1854 - 568 pages
...are of a different kind. This second class of great geniuses are those that have formed themselves by rules, and submitted the greatness of their natural...among the Greeks were Plato and Aristotle ; among the Eomans, Virgil and Tully ; among the English, Milton and Sir Francis Bacon. The genius in both these...
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