Essays, Letters from AbroadMoxon, 1845 - 164 pages |
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... poets , in the most universal sense of the word ; and the pleasure resulting from the manner in which they express the influence of society or nature upon their own minds , communicates itself to others , and gathers a sort of ...
... poets , in the most universal sense of the word ; and the pleasure resulting from the manner in which they express the influence of society or nature upon their own minds , communicates itself to others , and gathers a sort of ...
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... poets in the restricted sense of the term ; as two performers of equal skill will produce unequal effects from a guitar and a harp . The fame of legislators and founders of religions , so long as their institutions last , alone seems to ...
... poets in the restricted sense of the term ; as two performers of equal skill will produce unequal effects from a guitar and a harp . The fame of legislators and founders of religions , so long as their institutions last , alone seems to ...
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... poets , who have employed traditional forms of rhythm on account of the form and action of their subjects , less capable of perceiving and teaching the truth of things , than those who have omitted that form . Shakspeare , Dante , and ...
... poets , who have employed traditional forms of rhythm on account of the form and action of their subjects , less capable of perceiving and teaching the truth of things , than those who have omitted that form . Shakspeare , Dante , and ...
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... poets were followed at a ner in which poetry acts to produce the moral im- certain interval by the dramatic and lyrical poets provement of man . Ethical science arranges the of Athens , who flourished contemporaneously with elements ...
... poets were followed at a ner in which poetry acts to produce the moral im- certain interval by the dramatic and lyrical poets provement of man . Ethical science arranges the of Athens , who flourished contemporaneously with elements ...
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... poets are as mirrors in which the spectator beholds him- self , under a thin disguise of circumstance , stript of all but that ideal perfection and energy which every one feels to be the internal type of all that he loves , admires ...
... poets are as mirrors in which the spectator beholds him- self , under a thin disguise of circumstance , stript of all but that ideal perfection and energy which every one feels to be the internal type of all that he loves , admires ...
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