 | SEVERAL HANDS - 1759 - 636 pages
...original may be (aid to be of a vegetable nature; it riies fpontancoufly from the vital root of genius j it grows, it is not made : imitations are often a...manufacture wrought up by thofe mechanics, Art, and Labour, cue of prc-exiUent materials not their own. ' Again: we read imitation with fomewhat of his languor^... | |
 | Edward Young - 1759 - 128 pages
...chofen object of his imitation ; an Original enjoys an undivided applaufe. An Original may be faid to x be of a vegetable nature ; it rifes fpontaneoufly from the vital root of genius ;^ it grow, it is not made : Imitations are often a fort of manufaEture wrought up by thofe mechanics , art)... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - 1838 - 400 pages
...the wisest and kindest " An Original may be said to be of a vegetable nature ; it rises spontaneously from the vital root of genius ; it grows, it is not made." Again, " We read Imitation with somewhat of his languour who listens to a twice-told tale. Our spirits... | |
 | Edward Young - 1854 - 692 pages
...an undivided applause. An original may be said to be of a vegetable nature, it rises spontaneously from the vital root of genius ; it grows, it is not made : imitations are often a sort of manufacture wrought up by those mechanics, art and labour, out of pre-existent materials not... | |
 | 1903 - 524 pages
...undivided applause. | n An Original may be said to be of a regetable nature; it rises spontaneously, from the vital root of Genius; it grows, it is not made: Imitations are often a sort of Manufacture wrought up by those Mechanics, Art, and Labour, out of preexistent materials not... | |
 | Laura Johnson Wylie - 1894 - 242 pages
...but never explained ; an original " may be said to be of a vegetable nature ; it rises spontaneously from the vital root of genius ; it grows, it is not made." 6 The best promise for the future seemed to lie in the efforts of the early Classicists to establish... | |
 | M. N. Rozanov - 1909 - 580 pages
...1759, S. 9 — 10. *') ,An Original may be said to be of a vegetable nature; it rises spontaneously from the vital root of Genius; it grows it is not made: Imitations are often a sort of Manufacture wrought up by those Mechanics, Art and Labour, out of preexistent materials not... | |
 | Society for Pure English - 1919 - 716 pages
...something to boast.' (pn) ' An Original may be said to be of a vegetable nature ; it rises spontaneously from the vital root of Genius ; it grows, it is not made : Imitations are often a sort of Manufacture wrought up by those Mechanics, Art, and Labour, out of pre-existent materials not... | |
 | Irving Babbitt - 1919 - 462 pages
...fetters of easy imitation." "An original may be said to be of a vegetable nature; it rises spontaneously from the vital root of genius; it grows, it is not made; imitations are often a sort of manufacture, wrought up by those mechanics, art and labor, out of preexistent materials not... | |
 | Irving Babbitt - 1919 - 476 pages
...fetters of easy imitation." "An original maybe said to be of a vegetable nature; it rises spontaneously from the vital root of genius; it grows, it is not made; mutations are often a sort of manufacture, wrought up by those mechanics, art and labor, out of preexistent... | |
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An Original may be said to be of a vegetable nature; it rises spontaneously from the vital root of Genius; it grows, it is not made... 
