 GENIUS, a good or evil spirit or tomon, who the ancients supposed was set over each person to direct his birth, accompany him in his life, and to be his guard. Genius signifies that aptitude which a man naturally possesses to perform well and easily that...  A Memoir of the Life and Philosophy of Spurzheim - Стр. 81авторы: Andrew Carmichael - 1833 - Страниц: 96Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | abbé Dubos (Jean-Baptiste) - 1748 - Страниц: 440
...painters and poets. Genius is an aptitude, which man has received from nature to perform well and cafily, that which others can do but indifferently, and with a great deal of pains. "We learn to execute things for which we have a genius, with as much facility as we fpeak our own mother-... | |
 | Charles James - 1805 - Страниц: 1236
...military sense, a natural talent or disposition to every kind of warlike employment, more than any other; or the aptitude a man has received from nature to...but indifferently, and with a great deal of pains. From the diversity of genius, the difference of inclination arises in men, whom nature has had the... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1809 - Страниц: 700
...seventeen species. GENIUS, in matters of literature, &c. a natural talent or disposition to do one tiling more than another ; or the aptitude a man has received...but indifferently, and with a great deal of pains. GENTIAN, in pharmacy, is to be found in many countries, but particularly in some parts of France, on... | |
 | Charles Buck - 1810 - Страниц: 488
...him ii his life, and to be his guard. Genius signifies that aptitude which a man naturally possesses to perform well and easily that which others can do but indifferently, and With a great deal of pain. GENTILE, in matters of religion, a Pagan, or worshipper of false gods. The origin of this word... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1813 - Страниц: 714
...or disposition to do one thing more than another, or the aptitude a man has received from the God of nature to perform well and easily that which others...but indifferently and with a great deal of pains. The distinguishing characteristic of genius is invention. A man of genius is fertile in the production... | |
 | Charles Buck - 1815 - Страниц: 546
...him in his life, and to be his guard. Genius signifies that aptitude which a man naturally possesses to perform well and easily that which others can do but indifferently, and with a great deal of pain. GENTILE, in matters of religion, a Pagan, or worshipper of false gods. The oriS»> of this word... | |
 | 1816 - Страниц: 764
...def. 4.) fignifies that aptitude, which a man lias icceived from nature, to perform well and ealily that which others can do but indifferently and with...a great deal of pains. To know the bent of nature is the moft important concern. Men come into the world with a genius determined not only to a certain... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1819 - Страниц: 406
...banner oolong, reflex downwards from the pistil and stamens. There are seventeen species. GEO form well, and easily, that which others can do but indifferently, and with a great deal of pains. GENTIAN, in pharmacy, is to be fmnd in many countries, but particularly in some parts of Franre, ontheAlps,... | |
 | Charles Buck - 1824 - Страниц: 628
...him in his life, and to be his guard. Genius signifies that aptitude which a man naturally possesses to perform well and easily that which others can do but indifferently, and with a great deal of pain. GENTILE, in matters of religion, a Pagan, or worshipper of false pods. The origin of this word... | |
 | Charles Buck - 1831 - Страниц: 1158
...him in his life, and to be his guard. Genius signifies that aptitude vrhich a man naturally possesses to perform well and easily that which others can do but indifferently, and with a great deal of pain. GENTILE, in matters of religion, a Pagan, or worshipper of false gods. The origin of this word... | |
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