Lectures on the English PoetsTaylor and Hessey, 1819 - 331 páginas |
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... mind . It comes home to the bosoms and businesses of men : for nothing but what so comes home to them in the most general and intelligible shape , can be a sub- ject for poetry . Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds ...
... mind . It comes home to the bosoms and businesses of men : for nothing but what so comes home to them in the most general and intelligible shape , can be a sub- ject for poetry . Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds ...
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William Hazlitt. no thought or feeling that can have entered into the mind of man , which he would be eager to communicate to others , or which they would listen to with delight , that is not a fit subject for poetry . It is not a branch ...
William Hazlitt. no thought or feeling that can have entered into the mind of man , which he would be eager to communicate to others , or which they would listen to with delight , that is not a fit subject for poetry . It is not a branch ...
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... mind " which ecstacy is very cun- ning in . " Neither a mere description of natural ob- jects , nor a mere delineation of natural feelings , how- ever distinct or forcible , constitutes the ultimate end and aim of poetry , without the ...
... mind " which ecstacy is very cun- ning in . " Neither a mere description of natural ob- jects , nor a mere delineation of natural feelings , how- ever distinct or forcible , constitutes the ultimate end and aim of poetry , without the ...
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... mind and hurries it into sublimity , by conforming the shows of things to the desires of the soul , instead of subjecting the soul to external things , as reason and history do . " It is strictly the language of the imagination ; and ...
... mind and hurries it into sublimity , by conforming the shows of things to the desires of the soul , instead of subjecting the soul to external things , as reason and history do . " It is strictly the language of the imagination ; and ...
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... mind . Let an object , for instance , be presented to the senses in a state of agitation or fear - and the imagina- tion will distort or magnify the object , and con- vert it into the likeness of whatever is most proper to encourage the ...
... mind . Let an object , for instance , be presented to the senses in a state of agitation or fear - and the imagina- tion will distort or magnify the object , and con- vert it into the likeness of whatever is most proper to encourage the ...
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