'Of Genius', in The Occasional Paper, and Preface to The Creation

But we do not only consider in Musick these Materials, as I may call them, of which it is composed; but also the Style and Manner. This diversifies the _Genius_ of the Composer,...

Though the Rules of Art may be of great Service to improve a _Genius_, it is very prejudicial, in many Cases, to fetter it self with these Rules, or confine itself within those...

The anonymous essay "Of Genius," which appeared in the _Occasional Paper_ of 1719, still considers "genius" largely a matter of aptitude or talent, and applies the term to the "...

In the same Psalm, the Hebrew Poet describing God, says, '....He maketh the Clouds his Chariots, and walketh on the Wings of the Wind.' Making the 'Clouds his Chariots,' is a st...