 THE design was to trace the progress of a Poetical Genius, born in a rude age, from the first dawning of fancy and reason, till that period at which he may be supposed capable of appearing in the world as a Minstrel...  Public Characters - Page 4701804Full view - About this book
 | Henry Norman Hudson - 1882 - 720 pages
...born in a rude age, from the first dawning of fancy and reason, till that period at which he may he supposed capable of appearing in the world as a MINSTREL, that is, an itinerant poc( and musician; — a character which, according to the notions of our forefathers,... | |
 | Jacques Parmentier - 1887 - 364 pages
...its design was to trace the progress of a poetical genius, from the first dawning of fancy and reason till that period at which he may be supposed capable of appearing in the world as a minstrel. The chord is that struck by Rousseau, the superiority of simple unbought pleasures to luxury and pomp,... | |
 | 1890 - 978 pages
..."the progress of a poetical genius born in a rude age, from the first dawning of fancy and reason, till that period at which he may be supposed capable of appearing in the world as a minstrel." B. intended to have added a third part, but circumstances hindered him. In 1776, he published a scries... | |
 | Hugh Walker - 1893 - 272 pages
...purpose was to trace " the progress of a Poetical Genius, from the first dawning of fancy and reason, till that period at which he may be supposed capable of appearing in the world as a minstrel." 1 The nurture of this poetical genius is significant. His opening mind is fed upon tales of knight,... | |
 | Hugh Walker - 1893 - 274 pages
...purpose was to trace " the progress of a Poetical Genius, from the first dawning of fancy and reason, till that period at which he may be supposed capable of appearing in the world as a minstrel."1 The nurture of this poetical genius is significant. His opening mind is fed upon tales... | |
 | Hugh Walker - 1893 - 272 pages
...purpose was to trace " the progress of a Poetical Genius, from the first dawning of fancy and reason, till that period at which he may be supposed capable of appearing in the world as a minstrel."1 The nurture of this poetical genius is significant. His opening mind is fed upon tales... | |
 | John Mackintosh - 1896 - 532 pages
..."trace the progress of a poetical genius, born in a rude age, from the first dawning of fancy and reason till that period at which he may be supposed capable of appearing in the world as a minstrel." The poem, though left unfinished, is well worked out so far as it goes, and there are many fine passages... | |
 | George Eyre-Todd - 1896 - 362 pages
...the progress of a poetical genius, born in a rude age, from the first dawning of fancy and reason, till that period at which he may be supposed capable of appearing in the world as a minstrel." A parallel has been drawn between Beattie's " Minstrel " and Byron's " Childe Harold," both in purpose... | |
 | Myra Reynolds - 1896 - 312 pages
...Spenserian stanzas. Its design is " to trace the progress of a poetical genius .... till that period when he may be supposed capable of appearing in the world as a minstrel,'" and its theme is really the effect of mountain scenery on a poetically sensitive mind. The child, Edwin,... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 590 pages
...the progress of a poetical genius, born in a rude age, from the first dawning of fancy and reason, till that period at which he may be supposed capable of appearing in the world as a minstrel." In a certain sense the poem may be considered as an idealized autobiography ; for Beattie thus writes... | |
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