Lectures on English Poets & The Spirit of the AgeJ. M. Dent & sons, Limited, 1925 - 349 páginas |
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... tion ; and the imagination is that faculty which represents objects , not as they are in themselves , but as they are moulded by other thoughts and feelings , into an infinite variety of shapes and combina- tions of power . This ...
... tion ; and the imagination is that faculty which represents objects , not as they are in themselves , but as they are moulded by other thoughts and feelings , into an infinite variety of shapes and combina- tions of power . This ...
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... tion in his conceptions , which lies like a dead weight upon the mind ; a benumbing stupor , a breathless awe , from the intensity of the impression ; a terrible obscurity , like that which oppresses us in dreams ; an identity of ...
... tion in his conceptions , which lies like a dead weight upon the mind ; a benumbing stupor , a breathless awe , from the intensity of the impression ; a terrible obscurity , like that which oppresses us in dreams ; an identity of ...
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... tion . The picturesque and the dramatic are in him closely blended together , and hardly distinguishable ; for he principally describes external appearances as indicating character , as symbols of internal sentiment . There is a meaning ...
... tion . The picturesque and the dramatic are in him closely blended together , and hardly distinguishable ; for he principally describes external appearances as indicating character , as symbols of internal sentiment . There is a meaning ...
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... tion , would be an useful addition to our knowledge of human nature . But who is there to undertake it ? The descriptions of the equipage , and accoutrements of the two kings of Thrace and Inde , in the Knight's Tale , are as striking ...
... tion , would be an useful addition to our knowledge of human nature . But who is there to undertake it ? The descriptions of the equipage , and accoutrements of the two kings of Thrace and Inde , in the Knight's Tale , are as striking ...
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... tion , by magnitude and distance , by their permanence and universality . The one fill us with terror and pity , the other with admiration and delight . There are certain objects that strike the imagination , and inspire awe in the very ...
... tion , by magnitude and distance , by their permanence and universality . The one fill us with terror and pity , the other with admiration and delight . There are certain objects that strike the imagination , and inspire awe in the very ...
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