Lectures on General Literature, Poetry, &c., Delivered at the Royal Institution in 1830 and 1831Harper & Bros., 1860 - 324 sider |
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... perfect in essence , though incrusted with baser matter , as among the most enlightened nations . With the first , however , it is seldomer seen , not being laboriously dug from the mine , purified in the furnace , or polished on the ...
... perfect in essence , though incrusted with baser matter , as among the most enlightened nations . With the first , however , it is seldomer seen , not being laboriously dug from the mine , purified in the furnace , or polished on the ...
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... had no ear at all for music . Pope had none ; Garrick had none ; yet in harmonious rhythmical composition the poet to this hour is unexcelled : nor was the actor less perfect in man- THE PRE - EMINENCE OF POETRY . 15.
... had no ear at all for music . Pope had none ; Garrick had none ; yet in harmonious rhythmical composition the poet to this hour is unexcelled : nor was the actor less perfect in man- THE PRE - EMINENCE OF POETRY . 15.
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James Montgomery. unexcelled : nor was the actor less perfect in man- aging the cadences and intonations of a voice " as musical as is Apollo's lute , " in the delivery of the most familiar , impassioned , or heroic speeches which the ...
James Montgomery. unexcelled : nor was the actor less perfect in man- aging the cadences and intonations of a voice " as musical as is Apollo's lute , " in the delivery of the most familiar , impassioned , or heroic speeches which the ...
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... perfect histor ical group are nameless ; the business in which they are engaged is obscure ; while often the country , the age , and even the class of life to which they be- longed , can be only imperfectly guessed . Of conse- 18 THE ...
... perfect histor ical group are nameless ; the business in which they are engaged is obscure ; while often the country , the age , and even the class of life to which they be- longed , can be only imperfectly guessed . Of conse- 18 THE ...
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... perfect example of all that the eye could desire , the imagination conceive , or the hand execute . Now , poetry is a school of sculpture , in which the art flourishes , not in marble or brass , but in that which outlasts both , -in ...
... perfect example of all that the eye could desire , the imagination conceive , or the hand execute . Now , poetry is a school of sculpture , in which the art flourishes , not in marble or brass , but in that which outlasts both , -in ...
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Lectures on General Literature, Poetry, &c: Delivered at the Royal ... James Montgomery Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1836 |
Lectures on General Literature, Poetry, &c: Delivered at the Royal ... James Montgomery Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1840 |
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