Lectures on General Literature, Poetry, &c., Delivered at the Royal Institution in 1830 and 1831Harper & Bros., 1860 - 324 sider |
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Side 16
... common complaint with ordinary composers , that poets do not write verses suitable for music . Though there is some truth in the statement , 25 re- fers to poets of the same class as such composers themselves are , yet it is the express ...
... common complaint with ordinary composers , that poets do not write verses suitable for music . Though there is some truth in the statement , 25 re- fers to poets of the same class as such composers themselves are , yet it is the express ...
Side 32
... common course of things be otherwise -just in proportion as a writer's lucubrations bring profit to his bookseller , the bookseller will be liberal in remunerating his talents , -for the strongest rea- son in the world - to secure his ...
... common course of things be otherwise -just in proportion as a writer's lucubrations bring profit to his bookseller , the bookseller will be liberal in remunerating his talents , -for the strongest rea- son in the world - to secure his ...
Side 33
... common report ; but , however incorrect they may be , the impression made on the public mind , on the presumption of their truth , is sufficient for the author's argument here . it is on the issue of their trials after death THE PRE ...
... common report ; but , however incorrect they may be , the impression made on the public mind , on the presumption of their truth , is sufficient for the author's argument here . it is on the issue of their trials after death THE PRE ...
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... common task as one , the other , or all three had com- pleted ; in the course of which , they would often ask questions respecting circumstances and allu- sions , as well as doctrines and sentiments , contained in the book , which , to ...
... common task as one , the other , or all three had com- pleted ; in the course of which , they would often ask questions respecting circumstances and allu- sions , as well as doctrines and sentiments , contained in the book , which , to ...
Side 54
... stars are " the poetry of heaven . " In common with the sun and moon , they are the only unchanging and actual objects which all eyes that were ever opened to the light , and lifted to the sky , have seen precisely as 54 WHAT IS POETICAL .
... stars are " the poetry of heaven . " In common with the sun and moon , they are the only unchanging and actual objects which all eyes that were ever opened to the light , and lifted to the sky , have seen precisely as 54 WHAT IS POETICAL .
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