Lectures on the English PoetsT. Miller, 1819 - 331 páginas |
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... less true to 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 ...
... less true to 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 ...
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... less frequent mention of heaven than of hell . Oaths and nicknames are only a more vulgar sort of poetry or rhetoric . We are as fond of indulging our violent passions as of reading a description of those of others . We are . as prone ...
... less frequent mention of heaven than of hell . Oaths and nicknames are only a more vulgar sort of poetry or rhetoric . We are as fond of indulging our violent passions as of reading a description of those of others . We are . as prone ...
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... less awe of the preternatural world , but we can calculate more surely , and look with more indifference , upon the regular routine of this . The heroes of the fabulous ages rid the world of monsters and giants . At present we are less ...
... less awe of the preternatural world , but we can calculate more surely , and look with more indifference , upon the regular routine of this . The heroes of the fabulous ages rid the world of monsters and giants . At present we are less ...
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... less of rhythmical adaptation , except poets , who , when deprived of the regular mechanism of verse , seem to have no principle of modulation left in their writings . An excuse might be made for rhyme in the same manner . It is but ...
... less of rhythmical adaptation , except poets , who , when deprived of the regular mechanism of verse , seem to have no principle of modulation left in their writings . An excuse might be made for rhyme in the same manner . It is but ...
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... less touching than that of Griselda . It is simple and heroic to the last degree . The poetry of Chaucer has a religious sanctity about it , connected with the manners and superstitions of the age . It has all the spirit of martyrdom ...
... less touching than that of Griselda . It is simple and heroic to the last degree . The poetry of Chaucer has a religious sanctity about it , connected with the manners and superstitions of the age . It has all the spirit of martyrdom ...
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