Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1B. Tauchnitz, 1850 - 1742 pages |
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Page 7
... bodies forth The forms of things unknown , the poet's pen Turns them to shapes , and 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 ...
... bodies forth The forms of things unknown , the poet's pen Turns them to shapes , and 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 ...
Page 9
... body . And , as the magic lantern acts best in a dark room , poetry effects its purpose most completely in a dark age . As the light of knowledge breaks in upon its exhibitions , as the outlines of certainty become more and more ...
... body . And , as the magic lantern acts best in a dark room , poetry effects its purpose most completely in a dark age . As the light of knowledge breaks in upon its exhibitions , as the outlines of certainty become more and more ...
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... bodies , so that the same face looks out upon us successively , from the uniform of a hussar , the furs of a judge , and the rags of a beggar . In all the characters , patriots and tyrants , haters and lovers , the frown and sneer of ...
... bodies , so that the same face looks out upon us successively , from the uniform of a hussar , the furs of a judge , and the rags of a beggar . In all the characters , patriots and tyrants , haters and lovers , the frown and sneer of ...
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... body , the Roundheads had done their utmost to decry and ruin litera- ture ; and literature was even with them , as , in the long run , it always is with its enemies . The best book on their side of the question is the charming ...
... body , the Roundheads had done their utmost to decry and ruin litera- ture ; and literature was even with them , as , in the long run , it always is with its enemies . The best book on their side of the question is the charming ...
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... body which he leaves . Are the miseries of continued possession less horrible than the struggles of the tremendous exorcism ? If it were possible that a people brought up under an in- tolerant and arbitrary system could subvert that ...
... body which he leaves . Are the miseries of continued possession less horrible than the struggles of the tremendous exorcism ? If it were possible that a people brought up under an in- tolerant and arbitrary system could subvert that ...
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