...an undivided applaufe. An original may be faid to be of a vegetable nature ; it rifes fpontaneoufly from the vital root of genius ; it grows, it is not made : imitations are often a fort of manufacture wrought up by thofe mechanics, Art, and Labour, out of pre-exiftent materials not...

...common sense, and perhaps very dully, under so insufferable a burden. But the wisest and kindest " An Original may be said to be of a vegetable nature...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...

...if he has one, with the chosen object of his imitation ; an original enjoys an undivided applause. An original may be said to be of a vegetable nature,...manufacture wrought up by those mechanics, art and labour, out of pre-existent materials not their own. Again : we read imitation with somewhat of his...

...Imitation; an Original enjoys an undivided applause. | n An Original may be said to be of a regetable nature; it rises spontaneously, from the vital root...Manufacture wrought up by those Mechanics, Art, and Labour, out of preexistent materials not their own. Again: We read Imitation with somewhat of his languor,...

...he has one, with the chosen Object of his Imitation; an Original enjoys an undivided applause. || u An Original may be said to be of a vegetable nature;...rises spontaneously, from the vital root of Genius; it grates, it is not made: Imitations are often a sort of Manufacture wrought up by those Mechanics, Art,...

...mysteries, which " render mere prosemen infidels to their divinity," 5 may be admired, but never explained ; an original " may be said to be of a vegetable nature...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...

...Knowlege and Genius, are at a stand". Conjectures on Original Composition, London 1759, S. 9 — 10. *') ,An Original may be said to be of a vegetable nature;...Manufacture wrought up by those Mechanics, Art and Labour, out of preexistent materials not their own". Ebenda, S. 11—12. *") „So few are our Originals,...

...Knowlege and Genius, are at a stand". Conjectures on Original Composition, London 1759, S. 9 — 10. «) „An Original may be said to be of a vegetable nature;...from the vital root of Genius; it grows it is not m ade: Imitations are often a sort of Manufacture wrought up by those Mechanics, Art and Labour, out...

...no less than Caesar, who declared he had rather be the first in a village than the second at Rome. ^ are often a sort of manufacture wrought up by those...and labor, out of pre-existent materials not their ownj Again: we read imitation with somewhat ofnis languor who listens to a twice-told tale: our spirits...

...Original, tho' but indifferent (its Originality being set aside), yet has something to boast.' (pn) ' An Original may be said to be of a vegetable nature...Manufacture wrought up by those Mechanics, Art, and Labour, out of pre-existent materials not their own.' (p. 12.) ' Originals can arise from Genius only.'...