Lectures on the English PoetsT. Miller, 1819 - 331 páginas |
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... story of Jack the Giant - killer ; the shepherd - boy is a poet , when he first crowns his mistress with a garland of flowers ; the countryman , when he stops to look at the rainbow ; the city - apprentice , when he gazes after the Lord ...
... story of Jack the Giant - killer ; the shepherd - boy is a poet , when he first crowns his mistress with a garland of flowers ; the countryman , when he stops to look at the rainbow ; the city - apprentice , when he gazes after the Lord ...
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... stories of ghosts and witches in plain prose : nor do the hawkers of full , true , and particular accounts of murders and executions about the streets , find it necessary to have them turned into penny ballads , before they can dispose ...
... stories of ghosts and witches in plain prose : nor do the hawkers of full , true , and particular accounts of murders and executions about the streets , find it necessary to have them turned into penny ballads , before they can dispose ...
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... story of his adventures would not make a poem like the Odyssey , it is true ; but the relator had the true genius of a poet . It has been made a question whether Richardson's romances are poetry ; and the answer perhaps is , that they ...
... story of his adventures would not make a poem like the Odyssey , it is true ; but the relator had the true genius of a poet . It has been made a question whether Richardson's romances are poetry ; and the answer perhaps is , that they ...
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... story of Ruth , again , is as if all the depth of natural affec- tion in the human race was involved in her breast . There are descriptions in the book of Job more prodigal of imagery , more intense in passion , than D any thing in ...
... story of Ruth , again , is as if all the depth of natural affec- tion in the human race was involved in her breast . There are descriptions in the book of Job more prodigal of imagery , more intense in passion , than D any thing in ...
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... story is composed of a number of fine links , closely connected together , and rivetted by a single blow . There is an instance of the minuteness which he introduces into his most serious descriptions in his account of Palamon when left ...
... story is composed of a number of fine links , closely connected together , and rivetted by a single blow . There is an instance of the minuteness which he introduces into his most serious descriptions in his account of Palamon when left ...
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