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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... readers . Dante's only endeavour is to interest ; and he in- terests by exciting our sympathy with the emotion by which ... reader . He affords few subjects for picture . There is , indeed , one gigantic one , that of Count Ugolino , of ...
... readers . Dante's only endeavour is to interest ; and he in- terests by exciting our sympathy with the emotion by which ... reader . He affords few subjects for picture . There is , indeed , one gigantic one , that of Count Ugolino , of ...
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... readers . As Homer is the first vigour and lustihead , Ossian is the decay and old age of poetry . He lives only in the recollection and regret of the past . There is one impression which he conveys more entirely than all other poets ...
... readers . As Homer is the first vigour and lustihead , Ossian is the decay and old age of poetry . He lives only in the recollection and regret of the past . There is one impression which he conveys more entirely than all other poets ...
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... reader's mind , but the power which his subject has over his own . The readers of Chaucer's poetry feel more nearly what the persons he describes must have felt , than perhaps those of any other poet . His sentiments are not voluntary ...
... reader's mind , but the power which his subject has over his own . The readers of Chaucer's poetry feel more nearly what the persons he describes must have felt , than perhaps those of any other poet . His sentiments are not voluntary ...
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... reader , by the friendly expostulation of Malcolm : " What , man ! ne'er pull your hat upon your brows . " Again , Hamlet , in the scene with Rosencrantz and Guilden- stern , somewhat abruptly concludes his fine soliloquy on life On ...
... reader , by the friendly expostulation of Malcolm : " What , man ! ne'er pull your hat upon your brows . " Again , Hamlet , in the scene with Rosencrantz and Guilden- stern , somewhat abruptly concludes his fine soliloquy on life On ...
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