Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumen1D. Appleton, 1857 |
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... poet . The works , they acknowledge , considered in themselves , may be classed among the noblest productions of the human mind . But they will not allow the author to rank with those great men who , born in the infancy of civilization ...
... poet . The works , they acknowledge , considered in themselves , may be classed among the noblest productions of the human mind . But they will not allow the author to rank with those great men who , born in the infancy of civilization ...
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... poet's pen Turns them to shapes , and gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name . " These are the fruits of the " fine frenzy " which he ascribes to the poet a fine frenzy doubtless , but still a frenzy . Truth , indeed , is ...
... poet's pen Turns them to shapes , and gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name . " These are the fruits of the " fine frenzy " which he ascribes to the poet a fine frenzy doubtless , but still a frenzy . Truth , indeed , is ...
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... poet . The machinery which the poet employs consists merely of words ; and words cannot , even when employed by such an artist as Homer or Dante , present to the mind images of visible objects quite so lively and exact as those which we ...
... poet . The machinery which the poet employs consists merely of words ; and words cannot , even when employed by such an artist as Homer or Dante , present to the mind images of visible objects quite so lively and exact as those which we ...
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