Essays, Letters from AbroadMoxon, 1845 - 164 pages |
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... spirit — his sympathy with woe , his adoration of beauty , as expressed in his poetry ; turn to these pages to gather proof of sincerity , and to become acquainted with the form that such gentle sympathies and lofty aspirations wore in ...
... spirit — his sympathy with woe , his adoration of beauty , as expressed in his poetry ; turn to these pages to gather proof of sincerity , and to become acquainted with the form that such gentle sympathies and lofty aspirations wore in ...
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... spirit of poetry . The fragments that follow form an introduction to " The Banquet " or " Symposium ” of Plato - and that noble piece of writing follows ; which for the first time introduces the Athenian to the English reader in a style ...
... spirit of poetry . The fragments that follow form an introduction to " The Banquet " or " Symposium ” of Plato - and that noble piece of writing follows ; which for the first time introduces the Athenian to the English reader in a style ...
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... spirit of domestic peace and general brotherhood founded on love , which was developed afterwards in the " Prometheus Unbound . " The fragment of his " Essay on the Punishment of Death " bears the value which the voice of a philosopher ...
... spirit of domestic peace and general brotherhood founded on love , which was developed afterwards in the " Prometheus Unbound . " The fragment of his " Essay on the Punishment of Death " bears the value which the voice of a philosopher ...
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... spirit when we appear to die . " A mystic ideality tinged these speculations in Shelley's mind ; certain stanzas in the poem of " The Sensitive Plant " express , in some degree , the almost inexpressible idea , not that we die into ...
... spirit when we appear to die . " A mystic ideality tinged these speculations in Shelley's mind ; certain stanzas in the poem of " The Sensitive Plant " express , in some degree , the almost inexpressible idea , not that we die into ...
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... spirit of observation and remark . The reader can only regret that they are so few , and that one or two are missing . The eminent German writer , Jean Paul Richter , says , that " to describe any scene well , the poet must make the ...
... spirit of observation and remark . The reader can only regret that they are so few , and that one or two are missing . The eminent German writer , Jean Paul Richter , says , that " to describe any scene well , the poet must make the ...
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