Lectures on General Literature, Poetry, &c., Delivered at the Royal Institution in 1830 and 1831Harper & Bros., 1860 - 324 sider |
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Side 13
... death , —a death in which the dis- solution of the one causes the disappearance of the other ; if the spell of the words be broken , the charm of the idea is lost . Thus nothing can be less adorned than the opening of " Paradise Lost ...
... death , —a death in which the dis- solution of the one causes the disappearance of the other ; if the spell of the words be broken , the charm of the idea is lost . Thus nothing can be less adorned than the opening of " Paradise Lost ...
Side 25
... death are undivided . " Of these specimens , it may be affirmed that they have shown how the narrow bounds of vulgar precedent may be left as far behind as a star in the heavens leaves a meteor in the air . Of the antiques alone , how ...
... death are undivided . " Of these specimens , it may be affirmed that they have shown how the narrow bounds of vulgar precedent may be left as far behind as a star in the heavens leaves a meteor in the air . Of the antiques alone , how ...
Side 28
... death , but conquers agony ; And his droop'd head sinks gradually low ; And through his side the last drops , ebbing slow From the red gash , fall heavy , one by one , Like the first of a thunder - shower ; and now The arena swims ...
... death , but conquers agony ; And his droop'd head sinks gradually low ; And through his side the last drops , ebbing slow From the red gash , fall heavy , one by one , Like the first of a thunder - shower ; and now The arena swims ...
Side 29
... death ; but not a soul among all the beholders through eighteen centuries , -not one had ever before thought of " the rude hut , " the " Dacian mother , " the " young barbarians . " At length came the poet of passion ; and looking down ...
... death ; but not a soul among all the beholders through eighteen centuries , -not one had ever before thought of " the rude hut , " the " Dacian mother , " the " young barbarians . " At length came the poet of passion ; and looking down ...
Side 33
... , 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 - EMINENCE OF POETRY . 33.
... , 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 - EMINENCE OF POETRY . 33.
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