Lectures on the English PoetsJ. Templeman, 1841 - 407 páginas |
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... story of Jack the Giant - killer ; the shepherd - boy is a poet , when he first crowns his mistress with a garland of flowers ; the countryman , when he stops to look at the rainbow ; the city - apprentice , when he gazes after the Lord ...
... story of Jack the Giant - killer ; the shepherd - boy is a poet , when he first crowns his mistress with a garland of flowers ; the countryman , when he stops to look at the rainbow ; the city - apprentice , when he gazes after the Lord ...
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... stories of ghosts and witches in plain prose : nor do the hawkers of full , true , and particular accounts of murders and executions about the streets find it neces- sary to have them turned into penny ballads , before they can dispose ...
... stories of ghosts and witches in plain prose : nor do the hawkers of full , true , and particular accounts of murders and executions about the streets find it neces- sary to have them turned into penny ballads , before they can dispose ...
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... could burst into tears or vent myself in words , it would go off , and the grief , having ex- hausted itself , would abate . " The story of his adventures would not make neous . a poem like the Odyssey , it is 28 ON POETRY IN GENERAL .
... could burst into tears or vent myself in words , it would go off , and the grief , having ex- hausted itself , would abate . " The story of his adventures would not make neous . a poem like the Odyssey , it is 28 ON POETRY IN GENERAL .
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... story does not " give an echo to the seat where love is throned . " The heart does not answer of itself like a chord in music . The fancy does not run on before the writer with breathless expectation , but is dragged along with an ...
... story does not " give an echo to the seat where love is throned . " The heart does not answer of itself like a chord in music . The fancy does not run on before the writer with breathless expectation , but is dragged along with an ...
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... story of Ruth , again , is as if all the depth of natural affection in the human race was involved in her breast . There are descriptions in the book of Job more prodigal of imagery , more intense in passion , than any thing in Homer ...
... story of Ruth , again , is as if all the depth of natural affection in the human race was involved in her breast . There are descriptions in the book of Job more prodigal of imagery , more intense in passion , than any thing in Homer ...
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