"Good sense is a judicious mechanic, who can produce beauty and convenience out of suitable means; but Genius (I speak with reverence of the immeasurable distance) bears some remote resemblance to the divine architect, who produced perfection of beauty without any visible materials, 'who spake, and it was created'; who said, 'Let it be, and it was.'"
Miscellaneous Observations on Genius, Taste, Good Sense, &c. [from Essays on Various Subjects]
11 entries in ESTC (1777, 1778, 1785, 1786, 1787, 1791, 1792, 1796).<br>
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<u>Essays on Various Subjects: Principally Designed for Young Ladies.</u> (London: Printed for J. Wilkie; and T. Cadell, 1777). &lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004802373.0001.000">Link to ECCO-TCP</a>&gt;