Lectures on General Literature, Poetry, &e: Delivered at the Royal Institution in 1830 and 1831 |
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... Poet , compiled by him for MR . COLLINS , of Glasgow . A few larger sections , but entirely new - modelled , have been taken from critical articles furnished by him to a respectable Review , between the years 1806 and 1815. The ...
... Poet , compiled by him for MR . COLLINS , of Glasgow . A few larger sections , but entirely new - modelled , have been taken from critical articles furnished by him to a respectable Review , between the years 1806 and 1815. The ...
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... Poetic Phraseology - Variety of Style - Mr . Wordsworth's Theory of Poetic Diction - Dr . Darwin's Theory of Poetic Style - Poetic Licenses and Dialects - Scottish Verse - Capa bilities of Languages 101 LECTURE V. VARIOUS CLASSES OF ...
... Poetic Phraseology - Variety of Style - Mr . Wordsworth's Theory of Poetic Diction - Dr . Darwin's Theory of Poetic Style - Poetic Licenses and Dialects - Scottish Verse - Capa bilities of Languages 101 LECTURE V. VARIOUS CLASSES OF ...
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... Poetic As- pirations and Pursuits - The Themes of Poetry - The Influ- ence of Poetry - Henry Kirke White - Robert Burns . 184 A RETROSPECT OF LITERATURE . No. I. No. II . No. III . · · • · . A VIEW OF MODERN ENGLISH LITERATURE . No. I ...
... Poetic As- pirations and Pursuits - The Themes of Poetry - The Influ- ence of Poetry - Henry Kirke White - Robert Burns . 184 A RETROSPECT OF LITERATURE . No. I. No. II . No. III . · · • · . A VIEW OF MODERN ENGLISH LITERATURE . No. I ...
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... poet in this sense is a power from 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 ...
... poet in this sense is a power from 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 ...
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... poet for the time while he is under its excitement ; which , indeed , constrains him to feel , to see , to think- almost to be what the poet felt , saw , thought , and was while he was conceiving and composing his work . And this theory ...
... poet for the time while he is under its excitement ; which , indeed , constrains him to feel , to see , to think- almost to be what the poet felt , saw , thought , and was while he was conceiving and composing his work . And this theory ...
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