Lectures on the English PoetsWiley and Putnam, 1845 - 255 páginas |
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... tion and re - action are equal ; the keenness of immediate suffering only gives us a more intense aspiration after , and a more inti- mate participation with , the antagonist world of good ; makes us drink deeper of the cup of human ...
... tion and re - action are equal ; the keenness of immediate suffering only gives us a more intense aspiration after , and a more inti- mate participation with , the antagonist world of good ; makes us drink deeper of the cup of human ...
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... tion to the thought . " This is equally the origin of wit and fan- cy , of comedy and tragedy , of the sublime and pathetic . When Pope says of the Lord Mayor's shew , — " Now night descending , the proud scene is o'er , But lives in ...
... tion to the thought . " This is equally the origin of wit and fan- cy , of comedy and tragedy , of the sublime and pathetic . When Pope says of the Lord Mayor's shew , — " Now night descending , the proud scene is o'er , But lives in ...
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... tion and collocation of images . It is allowed that rhyme assists the memory ; and a man of wit and shrewdness has been heard to say that the only four good lines of poetry are the well - known ones which tell the number of days in the ...
... tion and collocation of images . It is allowed that rhyme assists the memory ; and a man of wit and shrewdness has been heard to say that the only four good lines of poetry are the well - known ones which tell the number of days in the ...
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... tion , Providence took an immediate share in the affairs of this life . Jacob's dream arose out of this intimate communion be- tween heaven and earth : it was this that let down , in the sight of the youthful patriarch , a golden ladder ...
... tion , Providence took an immediate share in the affairs of this life . Jacob's dream arose out of this intimate communion be- tween heaven and earth : it was this that let down , in the sight of the youthful patriarch , a golden ladder ...
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... tion and collocation of images . It is allowed that rhyme assists the memory ; and a man of wit and shrewdness has been heard to say that the only four good lines of poetry are the well - known ones which tell the number of days in the ...
... tion and collocation of images . It is allowed that rhyme assists the memory ; and a man of wit and shrewdness has been heard to say that the only four good lines of poetry are the well - known ones which tell the number of days in the ...
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