Lectures on the English Poets, and the English Comic WritersBell, 1869 - 232 páginas |
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... seem to have no principle of modulation left in their writings . * An excuse might be made for rhyme in the same man- ner . It is but fair that the ear should linger on the sounds that delight it , or avail itself of the same brilliant ...
... seem to have no principle of modulation left in their writings . * An excuse might be made for rhyme in the same man- ner . It is but fair that the ear should linger on the sounds that delight it , or avail itself of the same brilliant ...
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... seems alone in the world , with the original forms of nature , the rocks , the earth , and the sky . It is not the poetry of action or heroic enterprise , but of faith in a supreme Providence , and resignation to the power that governs ...
... seems alone in the world , with the original forms of nature , the rocks , the earth , and the sky . It is not the poetry of action or heroic enterprise , but of faith in a supreme Providence , and resignation to the power that governs ...
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... seems to have been indebted to the Bible for the gloomy tone of his mind , as well as for the prophetic fury which exalts and kindles his poetry ; but he is utterly unlike Homer . His genius is not a sparkling flame , but the sullen ...
... seems to have been indebted to the Bible for the gloomy tone of his mind , as well as for the prophetic fury which exalts and kindles his poetry ; but he is utterly unlike Homer . His genius is not a sparkling flame , but the sullen ...
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... seems to be endowed with speech and consciousness , and to utter its dread warning , not without a sense of mortal woes . This author habitu- ally unites the absolutely local and individual with the greatest wildness and mysticism . In ...
... seems to be endowed with speech and consciousness , and to utter its dread warning , not without a sense of mortal woes . This author habitu- ally unites the absolutely local and individual with the greatest wildness and mysticism . In ...
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... seem to be of the poet's seeking , but a part of the necessary texture of the fable . He speaks of what he wishes to describe with the accuracy , the discrimination of one who relates what has happened to himself , or has had the best ...
... seem to be of the poet's seeking , but a part of the necessary texture of the fable . He speaks of what he wishes to describe with the accuracy , the discrimination of one who relates what has happened to himself , or has had the best ...
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