Lectures on Poetry and General Literature: Delivered at the Royal Institution in 1830 and 1831Longman, Rees, Orme, Browne, Green, & Longman, 1833 - 394 páginas |
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... heaven to mortals lent , Though thou be to them a scorn , Who to nought but earth are born , May my life no longer be Than I am in love with thee ! GEORGE WITHER , in Prison . LONDON : PRINTED FOR LONGMAN , REES , ORME , BROWN , GREEN ...
... heaven to mortals lent , Though thou be to them a scorn , Who to nought but earth are born , May my life no longer be Than I am in love with thee ! GEORGE WITHER , in Prison . LONDON : PRINTED FOR LONGMAN , REES , ORME , BROWN , GREEN ...
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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 ...
... 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 ...
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... heaven was cut off , and the churches were thronged with praying multi- tudes ; 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 cimeters ...
... heaven was cut off , and the churches were thronged with praying multi- tudes ; 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 cimeters ...
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... heavens leaves a meteor in the air . Of the antiques alone , how innumerable has been the progeny gene- rated from creative minds , following them less by imitation than by rivalry , and borrowing nothing from them but elemental ...
... heavens leaves a meteor in the air . Of the antiques alone , how innumerable has been the progeny gene- rated from creative minds , following them less by imitation than by rivalry , and borrowing 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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