Critical and Historical Essays, Volume 1Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1854 |
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Page 9
... mind , as a magic lantern produces an illusion on the eye of the 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 ...
... mind , as a magic lantern produces an illusion on the eye of the 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 ...
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... mind , that it not only was not suffocated beneath the weight of fuel , but penetrated the whole superincumbent mass with its own heat and radiance . It is not our intention to attempt any thing like a complete examination of the poetry ...
... mind , that it not only was not suffocated beneath the weight of fuel , but penetrated the whole superincumbent mass with its own heat and radiance . It is not our intention to attempt any thing like a complete examination of the poetry ...
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... mind of the reader co - operate with that of the writer . He does not paint a finished picture , or play for a mere passive listener . He sketches , and leaves others to fill up the outline . He strikes the key - note , and expects his ...
... mind of the reader co - operate with that of the writer . He does not paint a finished picture , or play for a mere passive listener . He sketches , and leaves others to fill up the outline . He strikes the key - note , and expects his ...
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... all the treasures of his mind , without bestowing a thought on those dramatic proprieties which the nature of the work rendered it impossible to preserve . In the attempt to reconcile things in their own nature incon- sistent MILTON . 15.
... all the treasures of his mind , without bestowing a thought on those dramatic proprieties which the nature of the work rendered it impossible to preserve . In the attempt to reconcile things in their own nature incon- sistent MILTON . 15.
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... mind had a deadly antipathy . He could stoop to a plain style , sometimes even to a bald style ; but false brilliancy was his utter aversion . His Muse had no objection to a russet attire ; but she turned with disgust from the finery of ...
... mind had a deadly antipathy . He could stoop to a plain style , sometimes even to a bald style ; but false brilliancy was his utter aversion . His Muse had no objection to a russet attire ; but she turned with disgust from the finery of ...
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