Lectures on the English PoetsJ. Templeman, 1841 - 407 páginas |
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... less true to nature because it is false in point of fact ; but so much the more true and na- tural , if it conveys the impression which the object under the influence of passion makes on the mind . Let an object , for instance , be ...
... less true to nature because it is false in point of fact ; but so much the more true and na- tural , if it conveys the impression which the object under the influence of passion makes on the mind . Let an object , for instance , be ...
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... less frequent mention of heaven than of hell . Oaths and nicknames are only a more vulgar sort of poetry or rhetoric . We are as fond of indulging our violent passions as of reading a description of those of others . We are as prone to ...
... less frequent mention of heaven than of hell . Oaths and nicknames are only a more vulgar sort of poetry or rhetoric . We are as fond of indulging our violent passions as of reading a description of those of others . We are as prone to ...
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... the spirit of poetry . We not only stand in less awe of the preternatural world , but we can calculate more surely , and look with more indifference , upon - 66 the regular routine of this . The heroes of 18 ON POETRY IN GENERAL .
... the spirit of poetry . We not only stand in less awe of the preternatural world , but we can calculate more surely , and look with more indifference , upon - 66 the regular routine of this . The heroes of 18 ON POETRY IN GENERAL .
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... less exposed to the vicissitudes of good or evil , to the incur- sions of wild beasts or " bandit fierce , " or to the unmitigated fury of the elements . The time has been that our fell of hair would at a dismal treatise rouse and stir ...
... less exposed to the vicissitudes of good or evil , to the incur- sions of wild beasts or " bandit fierce , " or to the unmitigated fury of the elements . The time has been that our fell of hair would at a dismal treatise rouse and stir ...
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... less of rhythmical adaptation , except poets , who , when deprived of the regular mechanism of verse , seem to have no principle of modu- lation left in their writings . An excuse might be made for rhyme in the same manner . It is but ...
... less of rhythmical adaptation , except poets , who , when deprived of the regular mechanism of verse , seem to have no principle of modu- lation left in their writings . An excuse might be made for rhyme in the same manner . It is but ...
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