Essays, Letters from AbroadMoxon, 1845 - 164 pages |
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... tion between poets and prose writers is a vulgar error . The distinction between philosophers and poets has been anticipated . Plato was essentially a poet - the truth and splendour of his imagery , and the melody of his language , are ...
... tion between poets and prose writers is a vulgar error . The distinction between philosophers and poets has been anticipated . Plato was essentially a poet - the truth and splendour of his imagery , and the melody of his language , are ...
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... tion , by filling all the interstices of their subjects with living images . Having determined what is poetry , and who are poets , let us proceed to estimate its effects upon society . Poetry is ever accompanied with pleasure : all ...
... tion , by filling all the interstices of their subjects with living images . Having determined what is poetry , and who are poets , let us proceed to estimate its effects upon society . Poetry is ever accompanied with pleasure : all ...
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... tion by replenishing it with thoughts of ever new arts contribute to the happiness and perfection of delight , which have the power of attracting and man . I appeal to what has already been esta- assimilating to their own nature all ...
... tion by replenishing it with thoughts of ever new arts contribute to the happiness and perfection of delight , which have the power of attracting and man . I appeal to what has already been esta- assimilating to their own nature all ...
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... tion or the extinction of the drama in a nation where it has once flourished , is a mark of a corrup- tion of manners , and an extinction of the energies which sustain the soul of social life . But , as Machiavelli says of political ...
... tion or the extinction of the drama in a nation where it has once flourished , is a mark of a corrup- tion of manners , and an extinction of the energies which sustain the soul of social life . But , as Machiavelli says of political ...
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... tion of mind connected with these sacred emotions can render men more amiable , more generous and wise , and lift them out of the dull vapours of the little world of self . Dante understood the secret things of love even more than ...
... tion of mind connected with these sacred emotions can render men more amiable , more generous and wise , and lift them out of the dull vapours of the little world of self . Dante understood the secret things of love even more than ...
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