Lectures on the English PoetsWiley and Putnam, 1845 - 255 páginas |
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... common love of strong excitement . As Mr. Burke observes , people flock to see a tragedy ; but , if there were a public execution in the next street , the theatre would very soon be empty . It is not then the difference between fiction ...
... common love of strong excitement . As Mr. Burke observes , people flock to see a tragedy ; but , if there were a public execution in the next street , the theatre would very soon be empty . It is not then the difference between fiction ...
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... common por- trait , as the poet to describe the most striking and vivid im- pressions which things can be supposed to make upon the mind in the language of common conversation . Let who will strip nature of the colours and the shapes of ...
... common por- trait , as the poet to describe the most striking and vivid im- pressions which things can be supposed to make upon the mind in the language of common conversation . Let who will strip nature of the colours and the shapes of ...
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... common humanity . They seem to have no sympathy with us , and not to want our admiration . Poetry in its matter and form is natural imagery or feeling , combined with passion and fancy . In its mode of conveyance , it combines the ...
... common humanity . They seem to have no sympathy with us , and not to want our admiration . Poetry in its matter and form is natural imagery or feeling , combined with passion and fancy . In its mode of conveyance , it combines the ...
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... common speech , is there any principle of natural imitation , or correspondence to the individual ideas , or to the tone of feeling with which they are conveyed to others , The jerks , the breaks , the inequalities , and harshnesses of ...
... common speech , is there any principle of natural imitation , or correspondence to the individual ideas , or to the tone of feeling with which they are conveyed to others , The jerks , the breaks , the inequalities , and harshnesses of ...
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... common language what springs are to a carriage , or wings to feet . In ordinary speech we arrive at a certain harmony by the modulations of the voice in poetry the same thing is done systematically by a regular collocation of syllables ...
... common language what springs are to a carriage , or wings to feet . In ordinary speech we arrive at a certain harmony by the modulations of the voice in poetry the same thing is done systematically by a regular collocation of syllables ...
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