 | 1801 - 452 halaman
...those of amusement and levity, s.ugge»ttd to his countrymen the idea that he had two distinct souls in one body. Even his moral character seems to have partaken, in some degree, of the same divinity; and his devotional poems are as ardent as his lighter pieces are licentious. On all sides... | |
 | William Roscoe - 1825 - 536 halaman
...it was poured out by so many* different channels, flowed through each with a full and equal stream ? To be absorbed in one pursuit, however important,...character seems to have partaken, in some degree, CHAP. of the same diversity; and his devotional poems x " are as ardent as his lighter pieces are licentious.... | |
 | William Roscoe - 1846 - 614 halaman
...it was poured out by so many different channels, flowed through each with a full and equal stream ? To be absorbed in one pursuit, however important,...his devotional poems are as ardent as his lighter poems are licentious. On all sides he touched the extremes of human character ; and the powers of his... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 558 halaman
...various occupations in which Lorenzo engaged, there is not one in which he was not eminently suocessful ; but he was most particularly distinguished in those...his devotional poems are as ardent as his lighter poems are licentious. On all sides he touched the extremes of human character; and the powers of his... | |
| |
To be absorbed in one pursuit, however important, is not the characteristic of the higher class of genius, which, piercing through the various combinations and relations of surrounding circumstances, sees all things in their just dimensions, and attributes... 