Lectures on Poetry and General Literature: Delivered at the Royal Institution in 1830 and 1831Longman, 1833 - 394 страници |
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... sentiment . That alone is true poetry , which makes the reader himself a poet for the time while he is under its excitement ; which , indeed , constrains him to feel , to see , to think -almost to be what the poet felt , saw , thought ...
... sentiment . That alone is true poetry , which makes the reader himself a poet for the time while he is under its excitement ; which , indeed , constrains him to feel , to see , to think -almost to be what the poet felt , saw , thought ...
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... sentiments are so intimately connected , that they are remembered to- gether ; they are soul and body , which cannot be separated without death , -a death , in which the dis- solution of the one causes the disappearance of the other ...
... sentiments are so intimately connected , that they are remembered to- gether ; they are soul and body , which cannot be separated without death , -a death , in which the dis- solution of the one causes the disappearance of the other ...
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... sentiments of poetry , ring in the memory , and play with the affections : but rarely indeed in sculpture does the image presented to the eye become a statue of thought in the mind . This may be principally owing to the paucity of ...
... sentiments of poetry , ring in the memory , and play with the affections : but rarely indeed in sculpture does the image presented to the eye become a statue of thought in the mind . This may be principally owing to the paucity of ...
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... , in this place or any other theatre where liberal sentiment may be freely expressed , should plead for the pre - eminence of his favourite art over mine . 39 LECTURES ON POETRY . N ° II . WHAT 38 NO . I. THE PRE - EMINENCE OF POETRY .
... , in this place or any other theatre where liberal sentiment may be freely expressed , should plead for the pre - eminence of his favourite art over mine . 39 LECTURES ON POETRY . N ° II . WHAT 38 NO . I. THE PRE - EMINENCE OF POETRY .
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... sentiments , contained in the book , which , to be faithful interpreters , they deemed right to understand well for themselves beyond the literal text . On the last day , when the version was pre- sumed to be as perfect as the parties ...
... sentiments , contained in the book , which , to be faithful interpreters , they deemed right to understand well for themselves beyond the literal text . On the last day , when the version was pre- sumed to be as perfect as the parties ...
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