 By poetry we mean the art of employing words in such a manner as to produce an illusion on the imagination, the art of doing by means of words what the painter does by means of colors.  Critical and historical essays - Page 4by Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays]) - 1883Full view - About this book
 | J. Hemming Webb - 1839 - 102 pages
...of fiction, whether penned in prosaic or versified diction. An able Reviewer* has described it to be the art of employing words in such a manner as to...the art of doing by means of words, what the painter does by means of colour. Dr. Johnson has defined it to be " the art of uniting pleasure with truth,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1840 - 466 pages
...anything 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...the art of doing by means of words what the painter does by means of colors. Thus the greatest of poets has described it, in lines universally admired... | |
 | William Jones - 1841 - 186 pages
...pleasure ought to be called unsoundness. By poetry we mean, not of course all writing in verse, nor even good writing in verse. Our definition excludes many...the art of doing by means of words, what the painter does by means of colours. Thus the greatest of poets has described it, in lines universally admired... | |
 | William Jones - 1841 - 194 pages
...pleasure ought to be called unsoundness. By poetry we mean, not of course all writing in verse, nor even good writing in verse. Our definition excludes many...the art of doing by means of words, what the painter does by means of colours. Thus the greatest of poets has described it, in lines universally admired... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 782 pages
...unsoandness. By poetry we mean, not of course all writing in yerse, nor even all good writing in verse. Onr ~ does by means of colours. Thus the greatest of poets has described it, in lines universally admired... | |
 | 1852 - 780 pages
...thing which gives so much pleasure ought to be called unsoundness. By poetry we mean, not of course il and military affairs a coolness of judgment and...which some writers have thought inconsistent with does by means of colours. Thus the greatest of poets has described it, in lines universally admired... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1853 - 658 pages
...unsoundness of mind, if any thing which gives so much pleasure ought to be called unsoundness. By poetry wo mean not all writing in verse, nor even all good writing...other grounds, deserve the highest praise. By poetry wo mean the art of employing words in such a manner as to produce an illusion on the imagination, the... | |
 | 1854 - 382 pages
...unsoundiiess of mind, if anything which gives so much pleasure ought to be called unsoundiiess. By poetry we mean not all writing in verse, nor even...the art of employing words in such a manner as to pioduce an illusion on the imagination, the art of doing by means of words what the painter does l>y... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1856 - 770 pages
...thing which gives so much pleasure ought to be called unsounduess. By poetry we mean, not of course all writing in verse, nor even all good writing in...the art of doing by means of words what the painter does by means of colours. Thus the greatest of poets has described it, in lines universally admired... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1858 - 780 pages
...thing which gives so much pleasure ought to be called unsoundness. By poetry we mean, not of course the governors, will be fixed by the force of the governed....of spies ; they may hang scores of the disaffected does by means of colours. Thus the greatest of poets has described it, in lines universally admired... | |
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