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Page xii
... pleasure with truth by calling imagination to the aid of reason ' ; and , if the definition be used with pliability , it may be made to cover a fairly wide field . But , when he set about to illustrate his idea of ' pleasure ' and ...
... pleasure with truth by calling imagination to the aid of reason ' ; and , if the definition be used with pliability , it may be made to cover a fairly wide field . But , when he set about to illustrate his idea of ' pleasure ' and ...
Page xiv
... pleasure ' : poetry that gives no pleasure is not for him . For this reason he prefers rhyme to blank verse ; for this reason he is always intolerant of a tedious style , of monotony , of a lack of variety in subject or in treatment ...
... pleasure ' : poetry that gives no pleasure is not for him . For this reason he prefers rhyme to blank verse ; for this reason he is always intolerant of a tedious style , of monotony , of a lack of variety in subject or in treatment ...
Page 126
... Pleasure and terrour are indeed the genuine sources of poetry ; but 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 ...
... Pleasure and terrour are indeed the genuine sources of poetry ; but 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 ...
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