Lectures on the English PoetsWiley and Putnam, 1845 - 255 páginas |
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... a mere description of natural objects , nor a mere delineation of natural feelings , however distinct or forcible , constitutes the ul- timate end and aim of poetry , without the heightenings LECTURE 1. ] 3 ON POETRY IN GENERAL .
... a mere description of natural objects , nor a mere delineation of natural feelings , however distinct or forcible , constitutes the ul- timate end and aim of poetry , without the heightenings LECTURE 1. ] 3 ON POETRY IN GENERAL .
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... object , throws a spark- ling radiance on all around it : the flame of the passions , com- municated to the imagination ... objects , not as they are in themselves , but as they are moulded , by other thoughts and feelings , into an ...
... object , throws a spark- ling radiance on all around it : the flame of the passions , com- municated to the imagination ... objects , not as they are in themselves , but as they are moulded , by other thoughts and feelings , into an ...
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... object of ten times the same dimensions . The intensity of the feeling makes up for the dis- proportion of the objects . Things are equal to the imagination , which have the power of affecting the mind with an equal de- gree of terror ...
... object of ten times the same dimensions . The intensity of the feeling makes up for the dis- proportion of the objects . Things are equal to the imagination , which have the power of affecting the mind with an equal de- gree of terror ...
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... object of nature in startling review before us ; and , in the rapid whirl of events , lifts us from the depths of woe to the highest contemplations on human life . When Lear says , of Edgar , " Nothing but his unkind daughters could ...
... object of nature in startling review before us ; and , in the rapid whirl of events , lifts us from the depths of woe to the highest contemplations on human life . When Lear says , of Edgar , " Nothing but his unkind daughters could ...
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... Objects of terror and pity exercise the same despotic control over it as those of love or beauty . It is as natural to hate as to love , to de- spise as to admire , to express our hatred or contempt , as our love or admiration ...
... Objects of terror and pity exercise the same despotic control over it as those of love or beauty . It is as natural to hate as to love , to de- spise as to admire , to express our hatred or contempt , as our love or admiration ...
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