Critical and miscellaneous essays, Volumen1Carey, 1852 |
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... thing which gives so much pleasure ought to be called unsoundness . By poetry we mean , not of course all writing in verse , nor even all good writing in verse . Our definition excludes many metrical compositions which , on other ...
... thing which gives so much pleasure ought to be called unsoundness . By poetry we mean , not of course all writing in verse , nor even all good writing in verse . Our definition excludes many metrical compositions which , on other ...
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... thing like a com- plete examination of the poetry of Milton . The public has long been agreed as to the merit of the most remarkable passages , the incomparable harmony of the numbers , and the excellence of that style which no rival ...
... thing like a com- plete examination of the poetry of Milton . The public has long been agreed as to the merit of the most remarkable passages , the incomparable harmony of the numbers , and the excellence of that style which no rival ...
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... thing : and the business of poetry is with images , and not with words . The poet uses words indeed ; but they are merely the instruments of his art , not its objects . They are the materials which he is to dispose in such a manner as ...
... thing : and the business of poetry is with images , and not with words . The poet uses words indeed ; but they are merely the instruments of his art , not its objects . They are the materials which he is to dispose in such a manner as ...
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... thing of the vagueness and tenor of the oriental character ; and the same peculiarity may be traced in his mythology . It has nothing of the amenity and elegance which we gene- rally find in the superstitions of Greece . All is rugged ...
... thing of the vagueness and tenor of the oriental character ; and the same peculiarity may be traced in his mythology . It has nothing of the amenity and elegance which we gene- rally find in the superstitions of Greece . All is rugged ...
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... thing external , nor even from hope itself ! To return for a moment to the parallel which we have been attempting to draw between Milton and Dante , we would add that the poetry of these great men has in a con- siderable degree taken ...
... thing external , nor even from hope itself ! To return for a moment to the parallel which we have been attempting to draw between Milton and Dante , we would add that the poetry of these great men has in a con- siderable degree taken ...
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