 In the next place, our critics do not seem sensible that there is more beauty in the works of a great genius who is ignorant of the rules of art, than in those of a little genius who knows and observes them.  The British Essayists: Spectator - Page 112by James Ferguson - 1819Full view - About this book
 | Lady Dorothy Nevill - Great Britain - 1912 - 408 pages
...genius of the old iron-workers or to the skill of the mediaeval mason. There is more beauty in the work of a great genius who is ignorant of all the rules of art, than in that of a little genius who not only knows, but scrupulously observes them ; and whilst the restorers... | |
 | Willard Higley Durham - Criticism - 1915 - 502 pages
...which is what we call the Sublime in Writing. IN the next Place, our Criticks do not seem sensible that there is more Beauty in the Works of a great Genius who is ignorant of the Rules of Art, than in those of a little Genius who knows and observes them. It is of the Men of... | |
 | Edward Young - Authorship - 1917 - 150 pages
...sometimes a greater judgment shown in deviating from the rules of art than in adhering to them; and . . . there is more beauty in the works of a great genius...who not only knows, but scrupulously observes them. Addison, Spect. No. 592. 1711: There appears something nobly wild and extravagant in these great natural... | |
 | Edward Young - Authorship - 1917 - 140 pages
...sometimes a greater judgment shown in deviating from the rules of art than in adhering to them; and . . . there is more beauty in the works of a great genius...who not only knows, but scrupulously observes them. Addison, Spect. No. 592. 1711: There appears something nobly wild and extravagant in these great natural... | |
 | Caroline Mabel Goad - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1918 - 654 pages
...greater judgment shown 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...who not only knows, but scrupulously observes them. This passage reflects upon and amplifies the motto of the paper, AP 409. Guardian. (4. 172) No. 98.... | |
 | Caroline Mabel Goad - Comparative literature - 1918 - 662 pages
...greater judgment shown 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...who not only knows, but scrupulously observes them. This passage reflects upon and amplifies the motto of the paper, AP 409. Guardian. (4. 172) No. 98.... | |
 | Lilian Beeson Brownfield - English literature - 1904 - 160 pages
...he said, a greater judgment shown in deviating from the rules of art, than in adhering to them ; and there is more beauty in the works of a great genius...genius, who not only knows but scrupulously observes them."8 Criticism from Addison's viewpoint was "entering into the spirit and soul of fine writing and... | |
 | Modern Language Association of America - Philology, Modern - 1924 - 1016 pages
...overbalanced by excellencies of expression and sentiment. Our critics do not seem sensible, (says Addison,] that there is more beauty in the works of a great genius who is ignorant of the rules of art, than in those of a little genius who knows and observes them. . . . Our inimitable... | |
 | Jean Jules Jusserand - English literature - 1926 - 666 pages
...critics who cannot admire anything that has delighted everybody : " Our critics do not seem sensible that there is more beauty in the works of a great genius who is ignorant of the rules of art, than in those of a little genius who knows and observes them." i Editions multiplied,... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1927 - 528 pages
...sometiraes a greater judgment shewn in deviating from the rules of art, than in adhering to them » « There is more beauty in the works of a great genius, who is ignorant of all the rules of art, thau in the works of a little geuius, who not only knows, but scrupulously observes them » 6). 1)... | |
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