Lectures on the English PoetsJ. Templeman, 1841 - 407 páginas |
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... wish things to be , and fancy that they are , because we wish them so , there is no other nor better reality . Ariosto has described the loves of Angelica and Medoro : but was not Medoro , who carved the name of his mistress on the ...
... wish things to be , and fancy that they are , because we wish them so , there is no other nor better reality . Ariosto has described the loves of Angelica and Medoro : but was not Medoro , who carved the name of his mistress on the ...
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... wishes and fancies , without poetry ; but poetry is the most emphatical language that can be found for those creations of the mind " which ecstacy is very cunning in . " Neither a mere description of natural objects , nor a mere ...
... wishes and fancies , without poetry ; but poetry is the most emphatical language that can be found for those creations of the mind " which ecstacy is very cunning in . " Neither a mere description of natural objects , nor a mere ...
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... wish the thing to be so ; but we wish it to appear such as it is . For knowledge is con- scious power ; and the mind is no longer , in this case , the dupe , though it may be the victim , of vice or folly . Poetry is , in all its shapes ...
... wish the thing to be so ; but we wish it to appear such as it is . For knowledge is con- scious power ; and the mind is no longer , in this case , the dupe , though it may be the victim , of vice or folly . Poetry is , in all its shapes ...
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... wishes to describe with the accuracy , the discrimination of one who relates what has happened to himself , or has had the best information from those who have been eye- witnesses of it . The strokes of his pencil always tell . He ...
... wishes to describe with the accuracy , the discrimination of one who relates what has happened to himself , or has had the best information from those who have been eye- witnesses of it . The strokes of his pencil always tell . He ...
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... wish to be allowed to give one or two instances of what I mean . I will take the following from the Knight's Tale . The distress of Arcite , in consequence of his banishment from his love , is thus described : " Whan that Arcite to ...
... wish to be allowed to give one or two instances of what I mean . I will take the following from the Knight's Tale . The distress of Arcite , in consequence of his banishment from his love , is thus described : " Whan that Arcite to ...
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