Critical and Historical Essays, Contributed to the Edinburgh Review: In Five Volumes, Volume 1Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1850 - 402 pages |
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... 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 colours . Thus the greatest of poets has described it , in lines ...
... 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 colours . Thus the greatest of poets has described it , in lines ...
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... means of which it acts on the reader . Its effect is produced , not so much by what it expresses , as by what it suggests ; not so much by the ideas which it directly conveys , as by other ideas which are connected with them . He ...
... means of which it acts on the reader . Its effect is produced , not so much by what it expresses , as by what it suggests ; not so much by the ideas which it directly conveys , as by other ideas which are connected with them . He ...
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... means nothing : but , applied to the writings of Milton , it is most appropriate . His poetry acts like an incantation . Its merit lies less in its obvious meaning than in its occult power . There would seem , at first sight , to be no ...
... means nothing : but , applied to the writings of Milton , it is most appropriate . His poetry acts like an incantation . Its merit lies less in its obvious meaning than in its occult power . There would seem , at first sight , to be no ...
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... means insensible to the merits of this celebrated piece , to the severe dignity of the style , the graceful and pathetic solemnity of the opening speech , or the wild and barbaric melody which gives to striking an effect to the choral ...
... means insensible to the merits of this celebrated piece , to the severe dignity of the style , the graceful and pathetic solemnity of the opening speech , or the wild and barbaric melody which gives to striking an effect to the choral ...
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... means of evil . " To the blessings which England has derived from the Re- volution these people are utterly insensible . The expulsion of a tyrant , the solemn recognition of popular rights , liberty , security , toleration , all go for ...
... means of evil . " To the blessings which England has derived from the Re- volution these people are utterly insensible . The expulsion of a tyrant , the solemn recognition of popular rights , liberty , security , toleration , all go for ...
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