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Page 89
... emotion remembered in tran- quillity ; but a poet's emotion is specific , a poet's rather than a man's , and it is never quite disinterested . That is why women with their instinctive common sense have so often found the love of poets ...
... emotion remembered in tran- quillity ; but a poet's emotion is specific , a poet's rather than a man's , and it is never quite disinterested . That is why women with their instinctive common sense have so often found the love of poets ...
Page 116
... emotion of the audience , its interest , its laughter , are part of the action of the play . It creates it in the ... emotional ; but it instinctively resents having its emotions stirred and is always ready to escape with a giggle . It ...
... emotion of the audience , its interest , its laughter , are part of the action of the play . It creates it in the ... emotional ; but it instinctively resents having its emotions stirred and is always ready to escape with a giggle . It ...
Page 264
... emotion of all who have found solace and strength in their love- liness . Far then from thinking the ęsthetic emotion a specific , simple affair , I think it is a very complicated one , which is made of various , often discordant ...
... emotion of all who have found solace and strength in their love- liness . Far then from thinking the ęsthetic emotion a specific , simple affair , I think it is a very complicated one , which is made of various , often discordant ...
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