Lectures on the English Poets, and the English Comic WritersBell, 1869 - 232 páginas |
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... anything else . It is not a mere frivolous accomplish- ment ( as some persons have been led to imagine ) , the trifling amusement of a few idle readers or leisure hours : B real . it has been the study and delight of THE ENGLISH POETS.
... anything else . It is not a mere frivolous accomplish- ment ( as some persons have been led to imagine ) , the trifling amusement of a few idle readers or leisure hours : B real . it has been the study and delight of THE ENGLISH POETS.
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... delight , that is not a fit subject for poetry . It is not a branch of authorship : it is " the stuff of which our life is made . " The rest is " mere oblivion , " a dead letter : for all that is worth remembering in life is the poetry ...
... delight , that is not a fit subject for poetry . It is not a branch of authorship : it is " the stuff of which our life is made . " The rest is " mere oblivion , " a dead letter : for all that is worth remembering in life is the poetry ...
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... delight , or love . When Lear calls upon the heavens to avenge his cause , " for they are old like him , " there is nothing extravagant or impious in this sublime identification of his age with theirs ; for there is no other image which ...
... delight , or love . When Lear calls upon the heavens to avenge his cause , " for they are old like him , " there is nothing extravagant or impious in this sublime identification of his age with theirs ; for there is no other image which ...
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... delightful or distressing . It is the perfect coincidence of the image and the words with the feeling we have , and of which we cannot get rid in any other way , that gives an instant " satisfaction to the thought . " This is equally ...
... delightful or distressing . It is the perfect coincidence of the image and the words with the feeling we have , and of which we cannot get rid in any other way , that gives an instant " satisfaction to the thought . " This is equally ...
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... delight it , or avail itself of the same brilliant coincidence and unexpected recurrence of syllables , that have been displayed in the invention and collocation of images . It is allowed that rhyme assists the memory ; and a man of wit ...
... delight it , or avail itself of the same brilliant coincidence and unexpected recurrence of syllables , that have been displayed in the invention and collocation of images . It is allowed that rhyme assists the memory ; and a man of wit ...
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