Lectures on General Literature, Poetry, &c., Delivered at the Royal Institution in 1830 and 1831Harper & Bros., 1860 - 324 sider |
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... Heaven : wherein it consists , I know not ; but this I do know , that there never existed a poet of the highest order who either learned his art of one or taught it to another . It is true that the poet com- municates to the bosom of ...
... Heaven : wherein it consists , I know not ; but this I do know , that there never existed a poet of the highest order who either learned his art of one or taught it to another . It is true that the poet com- municates to the bosom of ...
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... Heaven was cut off , and the churches were thronged with pray- ing multitudes ; the sudden appearance of the Poles , and their attack upon the infidels : the rage of con- flict , man to man , horse to horse , swords against scimitars ...
... Heaven was cut off , and the churches were thronged with pray- ing multitudes ; the sudden appearance of the Poles , and their attack upon the infidels : the rage of con- flict , man to man , horse to horse , swords against scimitars ...
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... heavens leaves a meteor in the air . Of the antiques alone , how innumerable has been the progeny generated from creative minds , follow- ing them less by imitation than by rivalry , and bor- rowing nothing from them but elemental ...
... heavens leaves a meteor in the air . Of the antiques alone , how innumerable has been the progeny generated from creative minds , follow- ing them less by imitation than by rivalry , and bor- rowing nothing from them but elemental ...
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... heaven . " In regard to philosophy and jurisprudence , it may be remarked , that Pythagoras , Solon , Lycurgus , and Socrates himself , occasionally employed poetry to dictate laws , with oracular authority , and to enforce morals with ...
... heaven . " In regard to philosophy and jurisprudence , it may be remarked , that Pythagoras , Solon , Lycurgus , and Socrates himself , occasionally employed poetry to dictate laws , with oracular authority , and to enforce morals with ...
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... heaven and the sea upon it , and hardly appearing of the earth earthy . Now , in the middle distance between the first glimpse and the landing - place , that self - same scene , which we have shown to be so humble and unpre- tending in ...
... heaven and the sea upon it , and hardly appearing of the earth earthy . Now , in the middle distance between the first glimpse and the landing - place , that self - same scene , which we have shown to be so humble and unpre- tending in ...
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