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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... means , the labour , and diversities of fortune by which the achievement was attended ; but without manifesting them to the uninformed by - standers . Without previous knowledge , there- fore , of the subject , the figures in the most ...
... means , the labour , and diversities of fortune by which the achievement was attended ; but without manifesting them to the uninformed by - standers . Without previous knowledge , there- fore , of the subject , the figures in the most ...
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... mean as the art is now prac- tised ) , and , to an uninitiated eye at least , the similar- ity of treatment by ordinary adepts , whether single figures or monumental groups . When , however , ( to use a strong metaphor ) at the touch of ...
... mean as the art is now prac- tised ) , and , to an uninitiated eye at least , the similar- ity of treatment by ordinary adepts , whether single figures or monumental groups . When , however , ( to use a strong metaphor ) at the touch of ...
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... the slightest emotion , whether they weep , or rage , or frown , or smile . In poetry , likewise , as may be shown hereafter , ex- panded allegories are the least effective of all the means NO . I. 21 THE PRE - EMINENCE OF POETRY .
... the slightest emotion , whether they weep , or rage , or frown , or smile . In poetry , likewise , as may be shown hereafter , ex- panded allegories are the least effective of all the means NO . I. 21 THE PRE - EMINENCE OF POETRY .
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... means by which terror , wonder , pity , delight , or anger , are attempted to be excited ; yet with single figures frequently , and with small groups occa- sionally , under the guise of metaphors and similes , poetry of every kind is ...
... means by which terror , wonder , pity , delight , or anger , are attempted to be excited ; yet with single figures frequently , and with small groups occa- sionally , under the guise of metaphors and similes , poetry of every kind is ...
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... mean , or unattractive ; softening asperities , blending discordances , sinking superflui- ties , harmonising all parts , and placing the whole in such connection , due distance , and convenient light , as shall at once satisfy the ...
... mean , or unattractive ; softening asperities , blending discordances , sinking superflui- ties , harmonising all parts , and placing the whole in such connection , due distance , and convenient light , as shall at once satisfy the ...
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