Lectures on the English PoetsWiley and Putnam, 1845 - 255 páginas |
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... character belonging to them , and produce the effect of sculpture on the mind . Chaucer had an equal eye for truth of nature and dis- crimination of character ; and his interest in what he saw gave new distinctness and force to his ...
... character belonging to them , and produce the effect of sculpture on the mind . Chaucer had an equal eye for truth of nature and dis- crimination of character ; and his interest in what he saw gave new distinctness and force to his ...
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... characters of men never change , though manners , opinions , and institutions may , ) to know what has become of this character of the Sompnoure in the present day ; whether or not it has any technical representative in existing ...
... characters of men never change , though manners , opinions , and institutions may , ) to know what has become of this character of the Sompnoure in the present day ; whether or not it has any technical representative in existing ...
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... character . Nobody but Rubens could have painted the fancy of Spenser ; and he could not have given the sentiment , the airy dream that hovers over it ! With all this , Spenser neither makes us laugh nor weep . The only jest in his poem ...
... character . Nobody but Rubens could have painted the fancy of Spenser ; and he could not have given the sentiment , the airy dream that hovers over it ! With all this , Spenser neither makes us laugh nor weep . The only jest in his poem ...
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... character , whether real or imaginary , he not only entered into all its thoughts and feel- ings , but seemed instantly , and as if by touching a secret spring , to be surrounded with all the same objects , " subject to the same skyey ...
... character , whether real or imaginary , he not only entered into all its thoughts and feel- ings , but seemed instantly , and as if by touching a secret spring , to be surrounded with all the same objects , " subject to the same skyey ...
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... characters is as much itself , and as absolutely independent of the rest , as well as of the au- thor , as if they were living persons , not fictions of the mind . The poet may be said , for the time , to identify himself with the character ...
... characters is as much itself , and as absolutely independent of the rest , as well as of the au- thor , as if they were living persons , not fictions of the mind . The poet may be said , for the time , to identify himself with the character ...
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