Lectures on the English PoetsWiley and Putnam, 1845 - 255 páginas |
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... , the rich and the poor , the young and the old , all live in a world of their own making ; and the poet does no more than describe what all the others think and act . If his art is folly and 2 [ LECTURE 1 . ON POETRY IN GENERAL .
... , the rich and the poor , the young and the old , all live in a world of their own making ; and the poet does no more than describe what all the others think and act . If his art is folly and 2 [ LECTURE 1 . ON POETRY IN GENERAL .
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... describes the flowing , not the fixed . It does not define the limits of sense , nor analyze the distinctions of the understanding , but signifies the excess of the imagination beyond the actual or ordinary impression of any object or ...
... describes the flowing , not the fixed . It does not define the limits of sense , nor analyze the distinctions of the understanding , but signifies the excess of the imagination beyond the actual or ordinary impression of any object or ...
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... describing natural objects , it impregnates sensible impres- sions with the forms of fancy , so it describes the feelings of plea- sure or pain , by blending them with the strongest movements of passion , and the most striking forms of ...
... describing natural objects , it impregnates sensible impres- sions with the forms of fancy , so it describes the feelings of plea- sure or pain , by blending them with the strongest movements of passion , and the most striking forms of ...
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... 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 fancy , the poet is not bound 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 fancy , the poet is not bound to ...
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... describes his heroes going to battle with a prodigali- ty of life , arising from an exuberance of animal spirits ; we see * Burke's writings are not poetry , notwithstanding the vividness of the fancy , because the subject matter is ...
... describes his heroes going to battle with a prodigali- ty of life , arising from an exuberance of animal spirits ; we see * Burke's writings are not poetry , notwithstanding the vividness of the fancy , because the subject matter is ...
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