Lectures on General Literature, Poetry, &c., Delivered at the Royal Institution in 1830 and 1831Harper & Bros., 1860 - 324 sider |
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... THEMES AND INFLUENCES OF POETRY . The Desire of Fame - Few Universal Reputations - Poetic As- pirations and Pursuits - The Themes of Poetry - The Influ- ence of Poetry - Henry Kirke White - Robert Burns . A RETROSPECT OF LITERATURE . No ...
... THEMES AND INFLUENCES OF POETRY . The Desire of Fame - Few Universal Reputations - Poetic As- pirations and Pursuits - The Themes of Poetry - The Influ- ence of Poetry - Henry Kirke White - Robert Burns . A RETROSPECT OF LITERATURE . No ...
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... theme , and handle it with such unaccustomed delicacy or force , that for a while they outdo themselves , and produce that which adds to the public stock of permanent poetry . But habitually to frame the lay that quickens the pulse ...
... theme , and handle it with such unaccustomed delicacy or force , that for a while they outdo themselves , and produce that which adds to the public stock of permanent poetry . But habitually to frame the lay that quickens the pulse ...
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... theme in discussion . In the instance before us , the poet does this with the fewest possible phrases ; and yet with such brilliance and force of allusion that the reader has only to follow , in any direction , the retrospective avenues ...
... theme in discussion . In the instance before us , the poet does this with the fewest possible phrases ; and yet with such brilliance and force of allusion that the reader has only to follow , in any direction , the retrospective avenues ...
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... theme and its embellishments ; which , being nature and truth ( however figuratively invested ) , will no more weary contemplation than the most familiar scenes of the universe tire the sight . For , if there be one characteristic of ...
... theme and its embellishments ; which , being nature and truth ( however figuratively invested ) , will no more weary contemplation than the most familiar scenes of the universe tire the sight . For , if there be one characteristic of ...
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... theme , where all their beauty , grandeur , or excellence may be clearly discovered , and where , at the same time , all their homeliness and commonplace associations are excluded . This is poetry to the eye . There is also poetry to ...
... theme , where all their beauty , grandeur , or excellence may be clearly discovered , and where , at the same time , all their homeliness and commonplace associations are excluded . This is poetry to the eye . There is also poetry to ...
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