 ... forgotten, produce that particular 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....  The Quarterly Review - Page 404edited by - 1909Full view - About this book
 | 1872 - 776 pages
...some particular direction"; and he, as it were, incidentally confirms this definition by the fact that "Sir Joshua Reynolds had the first fondness for his...art excited by the perusal of Richardson's treatise on painting." The Doctor has upon more than one occasion insisted upon the mechanism in opposition... | |
 | William Hazlitt, William Carew Hazlitt - 1873 - 508 pages
...determined in some particular direction. Sir Joshua Keynolds, the great painter of the present age, had the first fondness for his art excited by the perusal of Richardson's " Treatise." In this definition of genius, Reynolds fully concurred with Dr Johnson; and he was himself an instance... | |
 | 1875 - 648 pages
...by a continual study of poetry he became so enchanted by the muse that he grew irrecoverably a poet. Sir Joshua Reynolds had the first fondness for his...art excited by the perusal of Richardson's Treatise. Vaucauson displayed an uncommon genius for mechanics. His taste was first determined by an accident.... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1881 - 946 pages
...a continual study of poetry, he became so enchanted by the Muse, that he grew irrecoverably a poet. Sir Joshua Reynolds had the first fondness for his...excited by the perusal of Richardson's 'Treatise. Vaucanson displayed an uncommon genius for mechanics. His taste was first determined by an accident... | |
 | 1876 - 296 pages
...Him at last !— HSB POETS, ARTISTS, &c., SOMETIMES MADE BY ACCIDENT. — Dr. Johnson informs us that Sir Joshua Reynolds had the first fondness for his art excited by Richardson's Treatise. Vaucanson's talent for mechanics was brought into play by accident. He used... | |
 | William T. Jeans - 1887 - 356 pages
...powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction. Sir Joshua Reynolds, the great painter, had the first fondness for his art excited by the perusal of Richardson's treatise." It was an accidental circumstance of a different kind that directed the attention of Samuel Morse from... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1888 - 356 pages
...determined to some particular direction. Sir Joshua Reynolds, the great painter of the present age, had the first fondness for his art excited by the perusal of Richardson's treatise. works, -mi • • • ' No, Sir,' said Johnson, ' people are not born with a particular genius for... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1904 - 454 pages
...determined to some particular direction. Sir Joshua Reynolds, the great painter of the present age, had the first fondness for his art excited by the perusal of Richardson's Treatise." In this definition of genius, Reynolds fully concurred with Dr. Johnson ; and he was himself an instance... | |
 | Leslie Cope Cornford - 1903 - 384 pages
...determined to some particular direction. Sir Joshua Reynolds, the great Painter of the present age, had the first fondness for his art excited by the perusal of Richardson's treatise. By his mother's solicitation he was admitted into Westminster school, where he was soon distinguished.... | |
 | Arthur Leslie Salmon - 1906 - 366 pages
...his wife. Dr. Johnson has told us that ' Sir Joshua Reynolds, the great painter of the present age, had the first fondness for his art excited by the perusal of Richardson's treatise.' Remembering the close intimacy between Sir Joshua and Johnson, the statement is certainly authoritative,... | |
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