Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumen1D. Appleton, 1860 - 568 páginas |
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... mere passive listener . He sketches , and leaves others to fill up the outline . He strikes the key - note , and expects his hearer to make out the melody . We often hear of the magical influence of poetry . The expression in general ...
... mere passive listener . He sketches , and leaves others to fill up the outline . He strikes the key - note , and expects his hearer to make out the melody . We often hear of the magical influence of poetry . The expression in general ...
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... merely a vague idea of vast bulk . In one passage the fiend lies stretched out , huge in length , floating many a rood , equal in size to the earth - born enemies of Jove , or to the sea - monster which the mariner mistakes for an ...
... merely a vague idea of vast bulk . In one passage the fiend lies stretched out , huge in length , floating many a rood , equal in size to the earth - born enemies of Jove , or to the sea - monster which the mariner mistakes for an ...
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... merely the instruments of his art , not its objects . They are the materials which he is to dispose in such a manner as to present a picture to the mental eye . And , if they are not so disposed , they are no more entitled to be called ...
... merely the instruments of his art , not its objects . They are the materials which he is to dispose in such a manner as to present a picture to the mental eye . And , if they are not so disposed , they are no more entitled to be called ...
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... merely living men in strange situations . The scene which passes between the poet and Facinata is justly celebrated . Still , Facinata in the burning tomb is exactly what Facinata would have been at an auto da fé . Nothing can be more ...
... merely living men in strange situations . The scene which passes between the poet and Facinata is justly celebrated . Still , Facinata in the burning tomb is exactly what Facinata would have been at an auto da fé . Nothing can be more ...
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... merely to all the accusations brought against Charles by his opponents , but to the narratives of the warm- est royalists , and to the confessions of the king himself . If there be any historian of any party who has related the events ...
... merely to all the accusations brought against Charles by his opponents , but to the narratives of the warm- est royalists , and to the confessions of the king himself . If there be any historian of any party who has related the events ...
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