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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... seem more conscious , and ghastly , and ex- pectant . It is thus that versification itself becomes part of the sentiment of a poem , and vindicates the pains that have been taken to show its importance . I know of no very fine versifica ...
... seem more conscious , and ghastly , and ex- pectant . It is thus that versification itself becomes part of the sentiment of a poem , and vindicates the pains that have been taken to show its importance . I know of no very fine versifica ...
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... gravest , and even subtlest thinkers , whose taste is not propor- tionate to their mental perceptions ; men like Donne , for instance ; who , apart from accidental personal impressions , seem to 44 AN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION.
... gravest , and even subtlest thinkers , whose taste is not propor- tionate to their mental perceptions ; men like Donne , for instance ; who , apart from accidental personal impressions , seem to 44 AN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION.
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... seem to look at nothing as it really is , but only as to what may be thought of it . Hence , on the other hand , the delightfulness of those poets who never violate truth of feeling , whether in things real or imagi- nary ; who are ...
... seem to look at nothing as it really is , but only as to what may be thought of it . Hence , on the other hand , the delightfulness of those poets who never violate truth of feeling , whether in things real or imagi- nary ; who are ...
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... by passionate , excited and enthusiastic . I am aware that different constructions have been put on some of these words ; but the context seems to me to necessitate those before us . I quote , however 46 AN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION.
... by passionate , excited and enthusiastic . I am aware that different constructions have been put on some of these words ; but the context seems to me to necessitate those before us . I quote , however 46 AN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION.
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... seem to threat ; And over them Arachne high did lift Her cunning web , and spread her subtle net , Enwrapped in foul smoke , and clouds more black than jet . Both roof and floor , and walls were all of gold , But overgrown with dust and ...
... seem to threat ; And over them Arachne high did lift Her cunning web , and spread her subtle net , Enwrapped in foul smoke , and clouds more black than jet . Both roof and floor , and walls were all of gold , But overgrown with dust and ...
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