Critical and Historical Essays, Contributed to the Edinburgh Review: In Five Volumes, Volume 1Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1850 - 402 pages |
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... thing which gives so much pleasure ought to be called unsoundness . By poetry we mean not all writing in verse , nor even all good writing in verse . Our definition excludes many metrical com- positions which , on other grounds ...
... thing which gives so much pleasure ought to be called unsoundness . By poetry we mean not all writing in verse , nor even all good writing in verse . Our definition excludes many metrical com- positions which , on other grounds ...
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... thing like a complete examination of the poetry of Milton . The public has long been agreed as to the merit of the most remarkable passages , the incomparable harmony of the numbers , and the excellence of that style , which no rival ...
... thing like a complete examination of the poetry of Milton . The public has long been agreed as to the merit of the most remarkable passages , the incomparable harmony of the numbers , and the excellence of that style , which no rival ...
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... things in their own nature inconsistent he has failed , as every one else must have failed . We cannot identify our- selves with the characters , as in a good play . We cannot identify ourselves with the poet , as in a good ode . The ...
... things in their own nature inconsistent he has failed , as every one else must have failed . We cannot identify our- selves with the characters , as in a good play . We cannot identify ourselves with the poet , as in a good ode . The ...
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... thing ; and the business of poetry is with images , and not with words . The poet uses words indeed ; but they are merely the instruments of his art , not its objects . They are the materials which he is to dispose in such a manner as ...
... thing ; and the business of poetry is with images , and not with words . The poet uses words indeed ; but they are merely the instruments of his art , not its objects . They are the materials which he is to dispose in such a manner as ...
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... thing external , nor even from hope itself . To return for a moment to the parallel which we have been attempting to draw between Milton and Dante , we would add that the poetry of these great men has in a considerable degree taken its ...
... thing external , nor even from hope itself . To return for a moment to the parallel which we have been attempting to draw between Milton and Dante , we would add that the poetry of these great men has in a considerable degree taken its ...
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