The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Том 22A. Constable, 1814 |
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... Reason is the power which presides in a calm : But rea- son guides , rather than impels ; and , though it must regulate every exertion of genius , it never can rouse it to vigorous action . The school of Dryden and Pope , which ...
... Reason is the power which presides in a calm : But rea- son guides , rather than impels ; and , though it must regulate every exertion of genius , it never can rouse it to vigorous action . The school of Dryden and Pope , which ...
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... reason , yet could only flow from that worship of perfection , which is the soul of all true poetry . The tendency of poetry to become national , was in more than one case remarkable . While the Scottish middle age inspired the most ...
... reason , yet could only flow from that worship of perfection , which is the soul of all true poetry . The tendency of poetry to become national , was in more than one case remarkable . While the Scottish middle age inspired the most ...
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... Reason play , Lo , Fancy's fairy frost - work melts away ! But can the wiles of Art , the grasp of Power , Snatch the rich relics of a well - spent hour ? These , when the trembling spirit wings her flight , Pour round her path a stream ...
... Reason play , Lo , Fancy's fairy frost - work melts away ! But can the wiles of Art , the grasp of Power , Snatch the rich relics of a well - spent hour ? These , when the trembling spirit wings her flight , Pour round her path a stream ...
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... reason . There is a material difference between the acts which superior beings perform , and the sentiments which they inspire . It is true , that when a God fights against men , there can be no uncertainty or anxiety , and consequently ...
... reason . There is a material difference between the acts which superior beings perform , and the sentiments which they inspire . It is true , that when a God fights against men , there can be no uncertainty or anxiety , and consequently ...
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... reason , an exercised taste , and a mind free from turbulent passions . But these beauties of execution can exist only in combination with much of the primary beau- ties of thought and feeling . Without a considerable portion of them ...
... reason , an exercised taste , and a mind free from turbulent passions . But these beauties of execution can exist only in combination with much of the primary beau- ties of thought and feeling . Without a considerable portion of them ...
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