Lectures on the English Poets, and the English Comic WritersBell, 1869 - 232 páginas |
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... whole being : without it " man's life is poor as beast's . " Man is a poetical animal : and those of us who do not study the principles of poetry , act upon them all our lives , like Molière's Bourgeois Gentil- homme , who had always ...
... whole being : without it " man's life is poor as beast's . " Man is a poetical animal : and those of us who do not study the principles of poetry , act upon them all our lives , like Molière's Bourgeois Gentil- homme , who had always ...
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... whole being . Poetry repre- sents forms chiefly as they suggest other forms : feelings , as they suggest forms or other feelings . Poetry puts a spirit of life and motion into the universe . It describes the flowing , not the fixed . It ...
... whole being . Poetry repre- sents forms chiefly as they suggest other forms : feelings , as they suggest forms or other feelings . Poetry puts a spirit of life and motion into the universe . It describes the flowing , not the fixed . It ...
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... whole of our existence , the sum total of our passions and pursuits , of that which we desire and that which we dread , is brought before us by contrast ; the action and re - action are equal ; the keenness of imme- diate suffering only ...
... whole of our existence , the sum total of our passions and pursuits , of that which we desire and that which we dread , is brought before us by contrast ; the action and re - action are equal ; the keenness of imme- diate suffering only ...
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... whole man within us . " itur The pleasure , however , derived from tragic poetry is not anything peculiar to it as poetry , as a fictitious and fanciful thing . It is not an anomaly of the imagination . It has its source and ground ...
... whole man within us . " itur The pleasure , however , derived from tragic poetry is not anything peculiar to it as poetry , as a fictitious and fanciful thing . It is not an anomaly of the imagination . It has its source and ground ...
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... whole difference between poetry and prose . The Iliad does not cease to be poetry in a literal translation ; and Addison's Campaign has been very properly denomi- nated a Gazette in rhyme . Common prose differs from poetry , as treating ...
... whole difference between poetry and prose . The Iliad does not cease to be poetry in a literal translation ; and Addison's Campaign has been very properly denomi- nated a Gazette in rhyme . Common prose differs from poetry , as treating ...
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