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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 ... things unknown , the poet's pen Turns them to shapes , and gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name ...
... thing which gives so much pleasure ought to be called unsoundness . By poetry we mean not all writing in verse , nor ... things unknown , the poet's pen Turns them to shapes , and gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name ...
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... thing ought to be consistent ; but those first suppositions require a degree of credulity which almost amounts to a partial and temporary derangement of the intellect . Hence of all people children are the most imaginative . They ...
... thing ought to be consistent ; but those first suppositions require a degree of credulity which almost amounts to a partial and temporary derangement of the intellect . Hence of all people children are the most imaginative . They ...
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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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Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. attempt to reconcile things in their own nature incon- sistent he has failed , as every one else must have failed . We cannot identify ourselves with the characters , as in a good play . We ...
Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. attempt to reconcile things in their own nature incon- sistent he has failed , as every one else must have failed . We cannot identify ourselves with the characters , as in a good play . We ...
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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 с 3 MILTON . 21.
... 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 с 3 MILTON . 21.
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