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" One science only will one genius fit ; So vast is art, so narrow human wit : Not only bounded to peculiar arts, But oft in those confin'd to single parts. "
The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany - Página 35
1824
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The Kaleidoscope: or, Literary and scientific mirror, Volumen8

1828 - 454 páginas
...We say this, without meaning any disparagement to Mr. Udc, upon the authority of Pope, who says, " One science only will one genius fit. So vast Is art — so narrow human wit." If Quin had now lived he would have idolized Mr. Ude, who could have provided him with dishes more...
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The Imperial magazine; or, Compendium of religious, moral, & philosophical ...

1834 - 614 páginas
...each, but was unable to embrace them all, and hesitated in making a selection. I had learned that ' One science only will one genius fit, So vast is art, so narrow human wit.' 20. SERIES, NO. 40. — VOL. IV. " At first I felt such an attachment to astronomy, that I resolved...
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An Essay on Genius: Or, The Philosophy of Literature

John Duncan (philosophical writer.) - 1820 - 138 páginas
...find a limit, but the range is never without • one. Science, it is said, is long ; life, short. " One science only will one genius fit ; So vast is art, so narrow human wit." Cffisar is distinguished as a general ; Aristotle, as a phi'ier; Homer, as a poet; but neither Caesar,...
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The British poets, including translations, Volumen41

British poets - 1822 - 276 páginas
...of understanding fails ; Where beams of warm imagination play, The memory's soft figures melt away. One science only will one genius fit; So vast is art, so narrow human wit: Not only bounded to peculiar arts, But oft in those confined to single parts. Like kings we lose the...
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A Rhetorical Grammar: In which Improprieties in Reading and Speaking are ...

John Walker - 1822 - 404 páginas
...adopt the falling inflection with considerable force in the caesura of the last line but one. EXAMPLE. One science only will one genius fit, So vast is art, so narrow human wit ; Not only bounded to peculiar arts, But oft in those confin'd to single parts ; Like kings, we lose...
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of William Hayley, Esq: The ..., Volumen2

William Hayley - 1823 - 762 páginas
...friendly air of that village -- " I am interrupted by visitors — more to-morrow. " Friday, Nov. 4. ' One science only will one genius fit, ' So vast is art, so narrow human wit.' " This couplet of Pope will prove to my infinitely dear little " sculptor, that I have now received...
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A Rhetorical Grammar: In which the Common Improprieties in Reading and ...

John Walker - 1823 - 406 páginas
...adopt the falling inflexion with considerable force in the caesura of the last line but one. EXAMPLES. One science only will one genius fit, So vast is art, so narrow human wit ; Not only bounded to peculiar arts, • But oft in those confin'd to single parts ; M 2 Like kings,...
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A Critical Dissertation on the Nature and Principles of Taste, Volumen1

Martin MACDERMOT, Martin M'Dermot - 1823 - 434 páginas
...when he seeks to distinguish himself in several arts at the same time ; for, as Pope observes : — " One science only will one genius fit, So vast is art, so narrow human wit." The man of taste must, therefore, consider himself as a mere judge of beauty ; but he must always look...
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A Critical Dissertation on the Nature and Principles of Taste

Martin M'Dermot, Martin MacDermot - 1823 - 438 páginas
...to distinguish himself in several arts at the same time ; for, as Pope observes : — " One scieface only will one genius fit, So vast is art, so narrow human wit." The man of taste must, therefore, consider himself as a mere judge of beauty ; but he must always look...
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The Cambrian Plutarch: Comprising Memoirs of Some of the Most Eminent ...

John Humphreys Parry - 1824 - 462 páginas
...there are certain talents, which are not always compatible. It has, indeed, been observed that — One science only will one genius fit, So vast is art, so narrow human wit. But the Life of Edward Llwyd disproves the infallibility of the rule, since he was, in an eminent degree,...
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