Lectures on Poetry and General Literature: Delivered at the Royal Institution in 1830 and 1831 |
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Page 40
... fancy , his own affections , his own intelligence , ex- ercised anew , and not seldom in a new way , with the theme and its embellishments ; which , being nature and truth ( however figuratively invested ) , will no more weary ...
... fancy , his own affections , his own intelligence , ex- ercised anew , and not seldom in a new way , with the theme and its embellishments ; which , being nature and truth ( however figuratively invested ) , will no more weary ...
Page 47
... fancy led him ; and leaving the town almost empty , some took towards the Park , some cross the river , others down it ; all seeking the noise in the depth of the silence . " Among the rest it was the fortune of Eugenius , Crites ...
... fancy led him ; and leaving the town almost empty , some took towards the Park , some cross the river , others down it ; all seeking the noise in the depth of the silence . " Among the rest it was the fortune of Eugenius , Crites ...
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... fancy led him . " The latter most picturesque and imaginative circumstance is repeated at the end of the clause , in a new and striking form of words , — " all seeking the noise in the depth of silence . ” Thus , amidst the din and ...
... fancy led him . " The latter most picturesque and imaginative circumstance is repeated at the end of the clause , in a new and striking form of words , — " all seeking the noise in the depth of silence . ” Thus , amidst the din and ...
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... fancy de- lighted , the mind is to be instructed in abstract truths , informed of actual events , disciplined by close thinking , or entertained with moral , critical , or miscellaneous speculations . In novels and romances , poetic ...
... fancy de- lighted , the mind is to be instructed in abstract truths , informed of actual events , disciplined by close thinking , or entertained with moral , critical , or miscellaneous speculations . In novels and romances , poetic ...
Page 77
... fancy and commanding powers of diction , ( like Dryden , in the instance lately quoted , ) from the nature and inspiration of his sub- ject , almost unconsciously grows poetical , the poetry of his thoughts , images , or facts , comes ...
... fancy and commanding powers of diction , ( like Dryden , in the instance lately quoted , ) from the nature and inspiration of his sub- ject , almost unconsciously grows poetical , the poetry of his thoughts , images , or facts , comes ...
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