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" There must be a great agitation of mind to invent, a great calm to judge and correct ; there must be upon the same tree, and at the same time, both flower and fruit. "
Fitzosborne's Letters: On Several Subjects - Page 189
by William Melmoth - 1815 - 275 pages
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Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose, Selected ...

Vicesimus Knox - English prose literature - 1790 - 1058 pages
...to invent, a great calm to judge and correit : there mult be upon the fame tree, and at the " fame time, both flower and fruit." But though I know you would not value yourfelf upon any performance, wherein thefe very oppofite and very fingular qualities were not confpicuous...
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A Manual of Essays: Selected from Various Authors

Manual - Essays - 1809 - 288 pages
...something both sublime and just, amazing and agreeable. There must be a great agitation of mind to invent, a great calm to judge and correct; there must be upon...tree, and at the same time, both flower and fruit. To work up this metal into exquisite figure, there must be employed the fire, the hammer, the chisel...
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The Works of Sir William Temple, Bart: An essay upon the advancement of ...

William Temple - 1814 - 588 pages
...something both sublime and just, amazing and agreeable. There must be a great agitation of mind to invent, a great calm to judge and correct ; there must be,...tree, and at the same time, both flower and fruit. To work up this metal into exquisite figure, there must be employed the fire, the hammer, the chisel,...
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The British Prose Writers...: Fitzosborne's letters

British prose literature - 1821 - 336 pages
...solid ; an expression both strong and delicate. There must be a great agitation of mind to invent, a great calm to judge and correct : there must be,...very opposite and very singular qualities were not conspicnous ; yet, I must remind you, at the same time, that when the file ceases to polish, it must...
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The British Prose Writers: Sir W. Temple's essays

British prose literature - 1821 - 384 pages
...just, amazing and agreeable : there must be a great agitation of mind to invent, a great calm to jndge and correct; there must be, upon the same tree, and at the same time, both flower and fruit. To work up this metal, into exquisite figure, there must be employed the fire, the hammer, the chisel,...
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Laconics: Or, The Best Words of the Best Authors, Volume 3

John Timbs - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1829 - 354 pages
...something both sublime and just, amazing and agreeable: there must be a great agitation of mind to invent, a great calm to judge and correct; there must be,...tree, and at the same time, both flower and fruit. To work up this metal into exquisite figure, there must be employed the fire, the hammer, the chisel,...
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Laconics; or, The best words of the best authors [ed. by J. Timbs ..., Volume 3

Laconics - 1829 - 352 pages
...something both sublime and just, amazing and agreeable: there must be a great agitation of mind to invent, a great calm to judge and correct; there must be,...tree, and at the same time, both flower and fruit To work up this metal into exquisite figure, there must be employed the fire, the hammer, the chisel,...
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Memoirs of the Life, Works, and Correspondence of Sir William ..., Volume 2

Thomas Peregrine Courtenay - Authors, English - 1836 - 536 pages
...something both sublime and just, amazing and agreeable. There must be a great agitation of mind to invent, a great calm to judge and correct; there must be upon the same tree both flowers and fruit. . . . There must be a general knowledge both of nature and of art; and, to...
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Memoirs of the Life, Works, and Correspondence of Sir William ..., Volume 2

Thomas Peregrine Courtenay - Authors, English - 1836 - 540 pages
...something both sublime and just, amazing and agreeable. There must be a great agitation of mind to invent, a great calm to judge and correct ; there must be upon the same tree both flowers and fruit. . . . There must be a general knowledge both of nature and of art; and, to...
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Fly

1839 - 320 pages
...something both enblime and just, amazing and agreeable. There must be a great agitation of mind to invent; a great calm to judge and correct : there must be upon the same tree both flowers and früh ; there must be a gtneral knowledge both of nature and of art; and to go the...
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