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 páginas |
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... truth , because without truth the impression would be false or defective . It is a passion for beauty , because its office is to exalt and re- fine by means of pleasure , and because beauty is nothing but the loveliest form of pleasure ...
... truth , because without truth the impression would be false or defective . It is a passion for beauty , because its office is to exalt and re- fine by means of pleasure , and because beauty is nothing but the loveliest form of pleasure ...
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... truth in its utmost convic . tion and affluence . It illustrates them by fancy , which is a lighter play of imagi- nation , or the feeling of analogy coming short of seriousness , in order that it may laugh with what it loves , and show ...
... truth in its utmost convic . tion and affluence . It illustrates them by fancy , which is a lighter play of imagi- nation , or the feeling of analogy coming short of seriousness , in order that it may laugh with what it loves , and show ...
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... truth ; that is to say , the connexion it has with the world of emotion , and its power to produce imaginative pleasure . Inquiring of a gardener , for in- stance , what flower it is that we see yonder , he answers , " a lily . " This ...
... truth ; that is to say , the connexion it has with the world of emotion , and its power to produce imaginative pleasure . Inquiring of a gardener , for in- stance , what flower it is that we see yonder , he answers , " a lily . " This ...
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... truths . Truth of every kind belongs to him , pro- vided it can bud into any kind of beauty , or is capable of being illustrated and impressed by the poetic faculty . Nay , the sim- plest truth is often so beautiful and impressive of ...
... truths . Truth of every kind belongs to him , pro- vided it can bud into any kind of beauty , or is capable of being illustrated and impressed by the poetic faculty . Nay , the sim- plest truth is often so beautiful and impressive of ...
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... truth become identical in poetry , and that pleasure , or at the very worst , a balm in our tears , is drawn out of pain . It is a great and rare thing , and shows a lovely imagination , when the poet can write a commentary , as it were ...
... truth become identical in poetry , and that pleasure , or at the very worst , a balm in our tears , is drawn out of pain . It is a great and rare thing , and shows a lovely imagination , when the poet can write a commentary , as it were ...
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