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Page xi
... expression of its kind uttered in and approved by a generation of men most eagerly interested in the literary art : an expression , accordingly , of the highest value and importance from an historical point of view . We endeavour , then ...
... expression of its kind uttered in and approved by a generation of men most eagerly interested in the literary art : an expression , accordingly , of the highest value and importance from an historical point of view . We endeavour , then ...
Page 43
... expressions have sometimes a degree of meanness that surpasses expectation : Nay , gentle guests , he cries , since now you're in , The story of your gallant friend begin . In a simile descriptive of the Morning : As glimmering stars ...
... expressions have sometimes a degree of meanness that surpasses expectation : Nay , gentle guests , he cries , since now you're in , The story of your gallant friend begin . In a simile descriptive of the Morning : As glimmering stars ...
Page 203
... expression . Poetry pleases by exhibiting an idea more grateful to the mind than things themselves afford . This effect pro- ceeds from the display of those parts of nature which attract , and the concealment of those which repel the ...
... expression . Poetry pleases by exhibiting an idea more grateful to the mind than things themselves afford . This effect pro- ceeds from the display of those parts of nature which attract , and the concealment of those which repel the ...
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