Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 1J.M. Dent & Company, 1900 - 380 pages |
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Page 9
... give us vague phrases instead of images , and personified qualities instead of men . They may be better able to ... gives so much pleasure ought to be called unsoundness . By poetry we mean not all writing in verse , nor even all good ...
... give us vague phrases instead of images , and personified qualities instead of men . They may be better able to ... gives so much pleasure ought to be called unsoundness . By poetry we mean not all writing in verse , nor even all good ...
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... gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name . ' These are the fruits of the ' fine frenzy ' which he ascribes to the poet — a fine frenzy doubtless , but still a frenzy . Truth , indeed , is essential to poetry ; but it is the ...
... gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name . ' These are the fruits of the ' fine frenzy ' which he ascribes to the poet — a fine frenzy doubtless , but still a frenzy . Truth , indeed , is essential to poetry ; but it is the ...
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... gives to them a peculiar charm , an air of nobleness and freedom , which distinguishes them from all other writings of the same class . They remind us of the amusements of those angelic warriors who composed the cohort of Gabriel ...
... gives to them a peculiar charm , an air of nobleness and freedom , which distinguishes them from all other writings of the same class . They remind us of the amusements of those angelic warriors who composed the cohort of Gabriel ...
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... gives him no choice , and requires from him no exertion , but takes the whole upon himself , and sets the images in so clear a light , that it is impossible to be blind to them . The works of Milton cannot be comprehended or enjoyed ...
... gives him no choice , and requires from him no exertion , but takes the whole upon himself , and sets the images in so clear a light , that it is impossible to be blind to them . The works of Milton cannot be comprehended or enjoyed ...
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... give up their dead . Change the structure of the sentence ; substitute one synonym for another , and the whole effect is destroyed . The spell loses its power : and he who should then hope to conjure with it would find himself as much ...
... give up their dead . Change the structure of the sentence ; substitute one synonym for another , and the whole effect is destroyed . The spell loses its power : and he who should then hope to conjure with it would find himself as much ...
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