Lectures on General Literature, Poetry, &e: Delivered at the Royal Institution in 1830 and 1831 |
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... figures in the most 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 ...
... figures in the most 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 ...
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... figures or monumental groups . When , however ( to use a strong metaphor ) , at the touch of some Pro- methean hand , a statue steps out of this enchanted circle , and looks as though it had grown out of the marble in the course of ...
... figures or monumental groups . When , however ( to use a strong metaphor ) , at the touch of some Pro- methean hand , a statue steps out of this enchanted circle , and looks as though it had grown out of the marble in the course of ...
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... figures , or com- plicated groups , more easily retained ( for words are better recollected than shapen substances ) , and C X infinitely more diversified than the chisel could hew out of THE PRE - EMINENCE OF POETRY . 25.
... figures , or com- plicated groups , more easily retained ( for words are better recollected than shapen substances ) , and C X infinitely more diversified than the chisel could hew out of THE PRE - EMINENCE OF POETRY . 25.
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... figures frequently , and with small groups occasion- ally , under the guise of metaphors and similes , poetry of every kind is peopled more splendidly , beautifully , and awfully than was the Grecian Olym- pus with gods and heroes , the ...
... figures frequently , and with small groups occasion- ally , under the guise of metaphors and similes , poetry of every kind is peopled more splendidly , beautifully , and awfully than was the Grecian Olym- pus with gods and heroes , the ...
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... figure which per- sonifies the expiring champion . Painting might take up the same subject , and represent the amphithe- atre thronged to the height with ferocious faces , all bent upon the exulting conqueror and his prostrate ...
... figure which per- sonifies the expiring champion . Painting might take up the same subject , and represent the amphithe- atre thronged to the height with ferocious faces , all bent upon the exulting conqueror and his prostrate ...
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