Lectures on General Literature, Poetry, &c., Delivered at the Royal Institution in 1830 and 1831Harper & Bros., 1860 - 324 sider |
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... spirit ; this is the art of Nature herself , invariably and perpetually pleasing , by a secret and undefinable charm , which lives through all her works , and causes the very stones , as well as the stars , to cry out- " The hand that ...
... spirit ; this is the art of Nature herself , invariably and perpetually pleasing , by a secret and undefinable charm , which lives through all her works , and causes the very stones , as well as the stars , to cry out- " The hand that ...
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... spirit to the banks of the Danube , where , " with his heart , " were the " eyes " of the victim , under the night - fall of death ; for " there were his young barbarians all at play , and there their Dacian mother . " This is nature ...
... spirit to the banks of the Danube , where , " with his heart , " were the " eyes " of the victim , under the night - fall of death ; for " there were his young barbarians all at play , and there their Dacian mother . " This is nature ...
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... spirit , though not in the letter . The illustrations which I am about to produce will , I hope , show the poetical aspects of certain things , -sufficiently com- monplace to be easily understood , yet capable of the highest ideality ...
... spirit , though not in the letter . The illustrations which I am about to produce will , I hope , show the poetical aspects of certain things , -sufficiently com- monplace to be easily understood , yet capable of the highest ideality ...
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... spirit inferred by Eugenius , that the victory must have fallen to his countrymen , are all in the noblest style and the purest taste , - are all poetry in substance , -maiden poetry , —and only not " Married to immortal verse . E The ...
... spirit inferred by Eugenius , that the victory must have fallen to his countrymen , are all in the noblest style and the purest taste , - are all poetry in substance , -maiden poetry , —and only not " Married to immortal verse . E The ...
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... spirit under the sun " to him who can honestly and innocently enjoy the commonest blessings of Providence . Who can behold this beautiful world , and imagine for a moment that it was designed to be the abode of mis- erable beings ? The ...
... spirit under the sun " to him who can honestly and innocently enjoy the commonest blessings of Providence . Who can behold this beautiful world , and imagine for a moment that it was designed to be the abode of mis- erable beings ? The ...
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