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Edinburgh , and is also Secretary at War , which gives him a seat in the cabinet . He is in the prime of life , and we may indulge the hope that the litera- ture of his language may be enriched by further con- tributions from his pen .
Edinburgh , and is also Secretary at War , which gives him a seat in the cabinet . He is in the prime of life , and we may indulge the hope that the litera- ture of his language may be enriched by further con- tributions from his pen .
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They give us vague phrases instead of images , and personified qualities instead of men . They may be bet- ter able to analyze human nature than their predecessors . But analysis is not the business of the poet .
They give us vague phrases instead of images , and personified qualities instead of men . They may be bet- ter able to analyze human nature than their predecessors . But analysis is not the business of the poet .
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Perhaps no man can be a poet , or can even enjoy poetry , without a certain unsoundness of mind , if any thing which gives so much pleasure ought to be called unsoundness . By poetry we mean , not of course all writing in verse ...
Perhaps no man can be a poet , or can even enjoy poetry , without a certain unsoundness of mind , if any thing which gives so much pleasure ought to be called unsoundness . By poetry we mean , not of course all writing in verse ...
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Indeed , in all the Latin poems of Milton , the arti- ficial manner indispensable to such works is admirably preserved , while , at the same time , the richness of his fancy and the elevation of his sentiments give to them a peculiar ...
Indeed , in all the Latin poems of Milton , the arti- ficial manner indispensable to such works is admirably preserved , while , at the same time , the richness of his fancy and the elevation of his sentiments give to them a peculiar ...
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Homer gives him no choice , and requires from him no exertion ; but takes the whole upon himself , and sets his images ... New forms of beauty start at once into existence , and all the burial - places of the memory give up their dead .
Homer gives him no choice , and requires from him no exertion ; but takes the whole upon himself , and sets his images ... New forms of beauty start at once into existence , and all the burial - places of the memory give up their dead .
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