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... poetical pleasure must be such as human imagination can at least conceive , and poetical terrour such as human strength and fortitude may combat . The good and evil of Eternity are too ponderous for the wings of wit ; the mind sinks ...
... poetical pleasure must be such as human imagination can at least conceive , and poetical terrour such as human strength and fortitude may combat . The good and evil of Eternity are too ponderous for the wings of wit ; the mind sinks ...
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... poetical diction , no system of words at once refined from the grossness of domestick use , and free from the harshness of terms appro- priated to particular arts . Words too familiar , or too remote , defeat the purpose of a poet ...
... poetical diction , no system of words at once refined from the grossness of domestick use , and free from the harshness of terms appro- priated to particular arts . Words too familiar , or too remote , defeat the purpose of a poet ...
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... poetical , both in the language and the thought ; but the language is too luxuriant , and the thoughts have nothing new . There has of late arisen a practice of giving to adjectives , derived from substantives , the termina- tion of ...
... poetical , both in the language and the thought ; but the language is too luxuriant , and the thoughts have nothing new . There has of late arisen a practice of giving to adjectives , derived from substantives , the termina- tion of ...
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