Imagination and Fancy: Or, Selections from the English Poets, Illustrative of Those First Requisites of Their Art; with Markings of the Best Passages, Critical Notices of the Writers, and an Essay in Answer to the Question, "What is Poetry?"Wiley and Putnam, 1845 - 255 pages |
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... YOUNG WARRIORS . 136 · . 137 IMOGEN IN BED . 138 • . 140 SELECTIONS FROM BEN JONSON , WITH CRITICAL NOTICE TO CYNTHIA ; THE MOON THE LOVE - MAKING OF LUXURY TOWERING SENSUALITY THE WITCH A MEETING OF WITCHES • A CATCH OF SATYRS . 142 ...
... YOUNG WARRIORS . 136 · . 137 IMOGEN IN BED . 138 • . 140 SELECTIONS FROM BEN JONSON , WITH CRITICAL NOTICE TO CYNTHIA ; THE MOON THE LOVE - MAKING OF LUXURY TOWERING SENSUALITY THE WITCH A MEETING OF WITCHES • A CATCH OF SATYRS . 142 ...
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... young lover's soul ; a winning grace Guides every gesture , and obsequious love Attends on all her steps . " Triumphing o'er reason " is an old acquaintance of every- body's . " Paradise in her look " is from the Italian poets through ...
... young lover's soul ; a winning grace Guides every gesture , and obsequious love Attends on all her steps . " Triumphing o'er reason " is an old acquaintance of every- body's . " Paradise in her look " is from the Italian poets through ...
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... young writers on the plea of its being natural ; but this is a mere confusion of triviality with propriety , and is usually the result of indolence . Unsuperfluousness is rather a matter of style in general , than of the sound and order ...
... young writers on the plea of its being natural ; but this is a mere confusion of triviality with propriety , and is usually the result of indolence . Unsuperfluousness is rather a matter of style in general , than of the sound and order ...
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... Young writers should bear in mind , that even some of the very best materials for poetry are not poetry built ; and that the smallest marble shrine , of exquisite workmanship , outvalues all that architect ever chipped away . Whatever ...
... Young writers should bear in mind , that even some of the very best materials for poetry are not poetry built ; and that the smallest marble shrine , of exquisite workmanship , outvalues all that architect ever chipped away . Whatever ...
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... young reader should ask , after all , What is the quickest way of knowing bad poets from good , the best poets from the next best , and so on ? the answer is , the only and two - fold way ; first , the perusal of the best poets with the ...
... young reader should ask , after all , What is the quickest way of knowing bad poets from good , the best poets from the next best , and so on ? the answer is , the only and two - fold way ; first , the perusal of the best poets with the ...
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