Lectures on the English Poets, and the English Comic WritersBell, 1869 - 232 páginas |
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... natural impression of any object or event , by its vividness exciting an involuntary movement of ima- gination and ... nature and itself . He who has a contempt for poetry cannot have much respect for himself , or for anything else ...
... natural impression of any object or event , by its vividness exciting an involuntary movement of ima- gination and ... nature and itself . He who has a contempt for poetry cannot have much respect for himself , or for anything else ...
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... nature . We shape things according to our wishes and fancies , without poetry ; but poetry is the most emphatical ... natural objects , nor a mere delineation of natural feel- ings , however distinct or forcible , constitutes the ...
... nature . We shape things according to our wishes and fancies , without poetry ; but poetry is the most emphatical ... natural objects , nor a mere delineation of natural feel- ings , however distinct or forcible , constitutes the ...
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... nature , because it is false in point of fact ; but so much the more true and natural , if it conveys the impression which the object under the influence of passion makes on the mind . Let an object , for instance , be presented to the ...
... nature , because it is false in point of fact ; but so much the more true and natural , if it conveys the impression which the object under the influence of passion makes on the mind . Let an object , for instance , be presented to the ...
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... natural objects , it impregnates sensible impressions with the forms of fancy , so it de- scribes the feelings of pleasure or pain , by blending them . with the strongest movements of passion , and the most striking forms of nature ...
... natural objects , it impregnates sensible impressions with the forms of fancy , so it de- scribes the feelings of pleasure or pain , by blending them . with the strongest movements of passion , and the most striking forms of nature ...
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... nature , as well as of the sensitive— of the desire to know , the will to act , and the power to feel ; and ought to ... natural , is in this sense the least so , because it appeals almost ex- clusively to one of these faculties , our ...
... nature , as well as of the sensitive— of the desire to know , the will to act , and the power to feel ; and ought to ... natural , is in this sense the least so , because it appeals almost ex- clusively to one of these faculties , our ...
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