Lectures on the English PoetsWiley and Putnam, 1845 - 255 páginas |
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... better reality . Ariosto has described the loves of Angelica and Medoro : but was not Medoro , who carved the name of his mistress on the barks of trees , as much enamoured of her charms as he ? Homer has celebrated the anger of ...
... better reality . Ariosto has described the loves of Angelica and Medoro : but was not Medoro , who carved the name of his mistress on the barks of trees , as much enamoured of her charms as he ? Homer has celebrated the anger of ...
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... better than Claude Lorraine's landscapes , than Titian's portraits , than Raphael's Cartoons , or the Greek statues ? Of the two first I shall say nothing , as they are evidently picturesque , rather than imaginative . Raphael's ...
... better than Claude Lorraine's landscapes , than Titian's portraits , than Raphael's Cartoons , or the Greek statues ? Of the two first I shall say nothing , as they are evidently picturesque , rather than imaginative . Raphael's ...
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... better . What is mechanical , reduci- ble to rule , or capable of demonstration , is progressive , and admits of gradual improvement : what is not mechanical , or definite , but depends on feeling , taste , and genius , very soon be ...
... better . What is mechanical , reduci- ble to rule , or capable of demonstration , is progressive , and admits of gradual improvement : what is not mechanical , or definite , but depends on feeling , taste , and genius , very soon be ...
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... better than his comedies , because tragedy is better than comedy . His female characters , which have been found fault with as insipid , are the finest in the world . Lastly , Shak- speare was the least of a coxcomb of any one that ever ...
... better than his comedies , because tragedy is better than comedy . His female characters , which have been found fault with as insipid , are the finest in the world . Lastly , Shak- speare was the least of a coxcomb of any one that ever ...
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... better . Such passages are like demonstrations of natural history . Instances might be multiplied without end . There is also a decided tone in his descriptions , an eloquent dogmatism , as if the poet spoke from thorough conviction ...
... better . Such passages are like demonstrations of natural history . Instances might be multiplied without end . There is also a decided tone in his descriptions , an eloquent dogmatism , as if the poet spoke from thorough conviction ...
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