...to say. From this elementary truth, he proceeded to the more abstruse and questionable tenet, that ' no man can be a very great poet who is not ' also a great philosopher.' To what muse the highest honour is justly due, and what exercises of the poetic faculty ought to command,...

...in their effusions ; dwelling, as they did, in a region of poetical sentiment which did not permit them to walk upon the common earth, or to breathe...narrow limits. He was in knowledge merely a man of Belles-lettres ; nor does he appear at any time to have betaken himself to such studies as would have...

...Taylor will be thought to have advanced a startling proposition, though it is a very old truth, that no man can be a very great poet, who is not also a great philosopher. The philosophy which is found in the page of Shakspeare is, indeed, as wonderful as his genius. It...

...to say. From this elementary truth, he proceeded to the more abstruse and questionable tenet, that ' no man can be a very great poet who is not ' also a great philosopher.' To what muse the highest honour is justly due, and what exercises of the poetic faculty ought to command,...

...understand, and sufficiently explains the growth of his taste. Had he united a philosophical intellect with his peculiarly poetical temperament, he would probably...narrow limits. He was in knowledge merely a man of Belleslettres ; nor does he appear at any time to have betaken himself to such studies as would have...

...to say. From this elementary truth, he proceeded to the more abstruse and questionable tenet, that "no man can be a very great poet who is not also a great philosopher." To what muse the highest honour is justly due, and what exercises of the poetic faculty ought to command,...

...to say. From this elementary truth, he proceeded to the more abstruse and questionable tenet, that "no man can be a very great poet who is not also a great philosopher." To what muse the highest honour is justly due, and what exercises of the poetic faculty ought to command,...

...understand, and sufficiently explains the growth of his taste. " Had he united a philosophical intellect with his peculiarly poetical temperament, he would probably...very great poet who is not also a great philosopher." And again, amidst some most just and penetrating remarks, he thus briefly, but ably, characterises...

...understand, and sufficiently explains the growth of his taste. " Had he united a philosophical intellect with his peculiarly poetical temperament, he would probably...very great poet who is not also a great philosopher." And again, amidst some most just and penetrating remarks, he thus briefly, but ably, characterises...

...peculiarly poetical temperament, he would probably have been the greatest poet of his age. But 110 man can be a very great poet who is not also a great philosopher." And again, amidst some most just and penetrating remarks, he thus briefly, but ably, characterises...