Lectures on the English Poets, and the English Comic WritersBell, 1869 - 232 páginas |
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... genius , though not " dipped in dews of Castalie , " was baptised with the Holy Spirit and with fire . The prints in this book are no small part of it . If the confinement of Philoctetes in the island of Lemnos was a subject for the ...
... genius , though not " dipped in dews of Castalie , " was baptised with the Holy Spirit and with fire . The prints in this book are no small part of it . If the confinement of Philoctetes in the island of Lemnos was a subject for the ...
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... genius is like Ariel confined in a pine tree , and requires an artificial process to let it out . Shakspeare says : " Our poesy is as a gum , which oozes From whence ' tis nourished . . . our gentle flame Provokes itself , and , like ...
... genius is like Ariel confined in a pine tree , and requires an artificial process to let it out . Shakspeare says : " Our poesy is as a gum , which oozes From whence ' tis nourished . . . our gentle flame Provokes itself , and , like ...
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... genius is not a sparkling flame , but the sullen heat of a furnace . He is power , passion , self - will personified . In all that relates to the descriptive or fanciful part of poetry , he bears no comparison to many who had gone ...
... genius is not a sparkling flame , but the sullen heat of a furnace . He is power , passion , self - will personified . In all that relates to the descriptive or fanciful part of poetry , he bears no comparison to many who had gone ...
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... genius and history of English poetry . I shall take , as the subject of the present lecture , Chaucer and Spenser , two out of four of the greatest names in poetry of which this country has to boast . Both of them , however , were much ...
... genius and history of English poetry . I shall take , as the subject of the present lecture , Chaucer and Spenser , two out of four of the greatest names in poetry of which this country has to boast . Both of them , however , were much ...
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... genius of his poetry was not active ; it is inspired by the love of ease , and relaxation from all the cares and business of life . Of all the poets , he is the most poetical . Though much later than Chaucer , his obligations to ...
... genius of his poetry was not active ; it is inspired by the love of ease , and relaxation from all the cares and business of life . Of all the poets , he is the most poetical . Though much later than Chaucer , his obligations to ...
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