Lectures on the English PoetsT. Miller, 1819 - 331 páginas |
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... that sur- rounds him . Thus he says , of Lemnos " As I walked about , either in my hunting , or for view- ing the country , the anguish of my soul at my condition would break out upon me on a sudden , and 28 ON POETRY IN GENERAL .
... that sur- rounds him . Thus he says , of Lemnos " As I walked about , either in my hunting , or for view- ing the country , the anguish of my soul at my condition would break out upon me on a sudden , and 28 ON POETRY IN GENERAL .
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... souls of men . The poetry of the Bible is that of imagination and of faith : it is abstract and disembodied : it is not the poetry of form , but of power ; not of multitude , but of immensity . It does not divide into many , but ...
... souls of men . The poetry of the Bible is that of imagination and of faith : it is abstract and disembodied : it is not the poetry of form , but of power ; not of multitude , but of immensity . It does not divide into many , but ...
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... soul , -that make amends for all other defi- ciencies . The immediate objects he presents to the mind are not much in themselves , they want grandeur , beauty , and order ; but they become every thing by the force of the character he im ...
... soul , -that make amends for all other defi- ciencies . The immediate objects he presents to the mind are not much in themselves , they want grandeur , beauty , and order ; but they become every thing by the force of the character he im ...
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... soul of art : there is a strength as well as a simplicity in the imagination that reposes entirely on nature , that nothing else can supply . It was the same trust in nature , and reliance on his subject , which enabled Chaucer to ...
... soul of art : there is a strength as well as a simplicity in the imagination that reposes entirely on nature , that nothing else can supply . It was the same trust in nature , and reliance on his subject , which enabled Chaucer to ...
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... soul in pleasure , or holding it captive in the chains of suspense . Spenser was the poet of our waking dreams ; and he has invented not only a language , but a music of his own for them . The undulations are infinite , like those of ...
... soul in pleasure , or holding it captive in the chains of suspense . Spenser was the poet of our waking dreams ; and he has invented not only a language , but a music of his own for them . The undulations are infinite , like those of ...
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