 | 1844 - 878 sidor
...Every opportunity should l>c taken to discountenance that false and vulgar opinion, that rules arc the fetters of genius ; they are fetters only to men of no genius. — Sir Jodtua lieymtlds. Published by W. and K. CHAMBERS, Edinburgh; and, with their permiwrion, by... | |
 | 1846 - 486 sidor
...as he has commenced them. Every opportunity should, therefore, be taken to discountenance that false and vulgar opinion, that rules are the fetters of...men of no genius ; as that armour, which upon the strong is an ornament and defence, upon the weaken and mis-shapen becomes a load, and cripples the... | |
 | 1846 - 352 sidor
...as he has commenced them. Every opportunity, therefore, should be taken to discountenance that false and vulgar opinion, that rules are the fetters of...genius ; they are fetters only to men of no genius. How much liberty may be taken to break through those rules, may be a subsequent consideration, when... | |
 | 1847 - 798 sidor
...any important department of labour. " Every opportunity should be taken to discountenance that false and vulgar opinion, that rules are the fetters of...men of no genius ; as that armour, which upon the strong is an ornament and a defence, upon the weak and misshapen becomes a load, and cripples the body... | |
 | 1847 - 828 sidor
...to raise or fear to fall ; Lord of liimself, though not of lands, And having nothing, yet hath all: the fetters of genius. They are fetters only to men of no genins; as that armour, which upon the strong is an ornament and a defence, upon the weak and mis-shapen... | |
 | Henry Jones Ripley - 1849 - 300 sidor
...as he has commenced them. Every opportunity, therefore, should be taken to discountenance that false and vulgar opinion, that rules are the fetters of...they are fetters only to men of no genius ; as that armor, which upon the strong is an ornament and a defence, upon the weak and misshapen becomes a load,... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Henry William Beechey, Thomas Gray, Charles-Alphonse Dufresnoy, William Mason - 1852 - 518 sidor
...as~Ee~has commenced them,, Every opportunity, thereTSreT should be taken to discountenance that false and vulgar opinion, that rules are the fetters of...men of no genius ; as that armour, which upon the strong is an ornament and a defence, upon the weak and mis-shapen becomes a load, and cripples the... | |
 | Mrs. Anderson (Caroline Dorothea), Caroline Dorothea Anderson (hon.) - 1852 - 280 sidor
...unsupported by judgment or discretion, so often become injurious, and lead genius into error. " It is a false and vulgar opinion that rules are the fetters of genius : they are the fetters only of men of no genius ;" and those who despise them, seldom, if ever, do lasting good.... | |
 | 1856 - 374 sidor
...as he has commenced them. Every opportunity should, therefore, be taken to discountenance that false and vulgar opinion, that rules are the fetters of...men of no genius ; as that armour, which upon the strong is an ornament and defence, upon the weaken and mis -shapen becomes a load, and cripples the... | |
 | Andrew Jackson Downing - 1856 - 268 sidor
...elegant colonnade in front, accom* " Every opportunity should be taken to discountenance that false and vulgar opinion, that rules are the fetters of...genius ; they are fetters only to men of no genius." — SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS. panying bare sides, without the least corresponding enrichment in the windows... | |
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Every opportunity, therefore, should be taken to discountenance that false and vulgar opinion, that rules are the fetters of genius ; they are fetters only to men of no genius ; as that armour, which upon the strong is an ornament and a defence, upon... 
