Lectures on General Literature, Poetry, &c., Delivered at the Royal Institution in 1830 and 1831Harper & Bros., 1860 - 324 sider |
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... must have concurred to bring the story , if the subject be narrative , the scenery if it be landscape , or the person if it be portrait , to that special crisis , light , or aspect which has enabled THE PRE - EMINENCE OF POETRY . 17.
... must have concurred to bring the story , if the subject be narrative , the scenery if it be landscape , or the person if it be portrait , to that special crisis , light , or aspect which has enabled THE PRE - EMINENCE OF POETRY . 17.
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James Montgomery. special crisis , light , or aspect which has enabled the inventor to exhibit the sum of his ideas so felici- tously as to imply the various antecedent , accompa nying , and conventional incidents which are neces- sary ...
James Montgomery. special crisis , light , or aspect which has enabled the inventor to exhibit the sum of his ideas so felici- tously as to imply the various antecedent , accompa nying , and conventional incidents which are neces- sary ...
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... lights and shadows which transform them from pretended mysteries and pompous truisms , into clear , per- manent , and influential realities . * * Milton's splendid view of the intellectual glories of ancient Greece may be advantageously ...
... lights and shadows which transform them from pretended mysteries and pompous truisms , into clear , per- manent , and influential realities . * * Milton's splendid view of the intellectual glories of ancient Greece may be advantageously ...
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... light from 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 ...
... light from 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 ...
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... light , as shall at once satisfy the understanding with what is revealed , excite the imagination towards that which is hidden , and prompt the curiosity to follow out all that is implied and consequential . For it is not alone the ...
... light , as shall at once satisfy the understanding with what is revealed , excite the imagination towards that which is hidden , and prompt the curiosity to follow out all that is implied and consequential . For it is not alone the ...
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