Lectures on the English PoetsJ. Templeman, 1841 - 407 páginas |
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... verse . Milton has told us his idea of poetry in a single line : - 66 Thoughts that voluntary move Harmonious numbers . " As there are certain sounds that excite cer- tain movements , and the song and dance go to- gether , so there are ...
... verse . Milton has told us his idea of poetry in a single line : - 66 Thoughts that voluntary move Harmonious numbers . " As there are certain sounds that excite cer- tain movements , and the song and dance go to- gether , so there are ...
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... verse , " the golden cadences of poetry , " with the tide of feeling , flowing and murmuring as it flows - in short , to take the language of the imagination from off the ground , and enable it to spread its wings where it may indulge ...
... verse , " the golden cadences of poetry , " with the tide of feeling , flowing and murmuring as it flows - in short , to take the language of the imagination from off the ground , and enable it to spread its wings where it may indulge ...
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... verse or measured prose . The merchant , as described in Chaucer , went on his way " sounding always the increase of his winning . " Every prose - writer has more or less of rhythmical adaptation , except poets , who , when deprived of ...
... verse or measured prose . The merchant , as described in Chaucer , went on his way " sounding always the increase of his winning . " Every prose - writer has more or less of rhythmical adaptation , except poets , who , when deprived of ...
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... verse is the perfection of dramatic dialogue . All is not poetry that passes for such : nor does verse make the whole difference between poetry and prose . The Iliad does not cease to be poetry in a literal translation ; and Addison's ...
... verse is the perfection of dramatic dialogue . All is not poetry that passes for such : nor does verse make the whole difference between poetry and prose . The Iliad does not cease to be poetry in a literal translation ; and Addison's ...
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... verse . " If it is of the essence of poetry to strike and fix the imagina- tion , whether we will or no , to make the eye of childhood glisten with the starting tear , to be never thought of afterwards with indiffer- ence , John Bunyan ...
... verse . " If it is of the essence of poetry to strike and fix the imagina- tion , whether we will or no , to make the eye of childhood glisten with the starting tear , to be never thought of afterwards with indiffer- ence , John Bunyan ...
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