The Beauties of Modern Literature, in Verse and Prose: To which is Prefixed, a Preliminary View of the Literature of the AgeSherwood, Jones, and Company, 1824 - 484 страници The preliminary view is chiefly a comparison of classical and romantic poetry. |
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... Impossibility of forming an obscure Conception of a primary Cause until it be perfectly dis- covered . Obscure Ideas have no Existence 338 341 353 365 - 375 Remarks on Poetry , as compared with Painting and Sculpture CONTENTS . vii.
... Impossibility of forming an obscure Conception of a primary Cause until it be perfectly dis- covered . Obscure Ideas have no Existence 338 341 353 365 - 375 Remarks on Poetry , as compared with Painting and Sculpture CONTENTS . vii.
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... existence , and to wing her daring and majestic flight through the great sublime of the intellectual world , that those who resign them- selves blindly to the guidance and impulse of their feelings alone , frequently attain to beauties ...
... existence , and to wing her daring and majestic flight through the great sublime of the intellectual world , that those who resign them- selves blindly to the guidance and impulse of their feelings alone , frequently attain to beauties ...
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... existence of patriotic virtue . And yet , what is the state of that country where patriotic virtue has no existence ? In our opinion , every man is a patriot when his country requires it , who is not , at heart , a slave , and every man ...
... existence of patriotic virtue . And yet , what is the state of that country where patriotic virtue has no existence ? In our opinion , every man is a patriot when his country requires it , who is not , at heart , a slave , and every man ...
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... for it may never be felt ; and never can be felt without a cause to excite it . Its existence , then , depends upon chance , and what is contingent cannot be elementary . All other passions are the OF THE LITERATURE OF THE AGE . xxix.
... for it may never be felt ; and never can be felt without a cause to excite it . Its existence , then , depends upon chance , and what is contingent cannot be elementary . All other passions are the OF THE LITERATURE OF THE AGE . xxix.
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... existence , than we have at present . In the fifth stanza , the Last Man utters blasphemy against the Deity . He desires the sun not to " recal life's tragedy again , " nor restore man to that state of misery from which the dissolution ...
... existence , than we have at present . In the fifth stanza , the Last Man utters blasphemy against the Deity . He desires the sun not to " recal life's tragedy again , " nor restore man to that state of misery from which the dissolution ...
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Страница xviii - Now strike the golden lyre again: A louder yet, and yet a louder strain ! Break his bands of sleep asunder And rouse him like a rattling peal of thunder. Hark, hark ! the horrid sound Has raised up his head : As awaked from the dead, And amazed he stares around. Revenge, revenge...
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Страница 477 - Besides, this Duncan Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been So clear in his great office, that his virtues Will plead like angels trumpet-tongued against The deep damnation of his taking-off; And pity, like a naked new-born babe, Striding the blast, or heaven's cherubim horsed Upon the sightless couriers of the air, Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye, That tears shall drown the wind.
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Страница xxix - Humble and rustic life was generally chosen because in that condition the essential passions of the heart find a better soil in which they can attain their maturity, are less under restraint, and speak a plainer and more emphatic language...