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learned puerilities of Cowley there is no doubt , since a volume of his poems was not only written but printed in his thirteenth year ; containing , with other poetical compositions , " The tragical History of Pyramus and Thisbe ...
learned puerilities of Cowley there is no doubt , since a volume of his poems was not only written but printed in his thirteenth year ; containing , with other poetical compositions , " The tragical History of Pyramus and Thisbe ...
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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 .
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 .
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A poetical simile is the discovery of likeness between two actions , in their general nature dissimilar , or of causes terminating by different operations in some resemblance of effect . But the mention of another like consequence from ...
A poetical simile is the discovery of likeness between two actions , in their general nature dissimilar , or of causes terminating by different operations in some resemblance of effect . But the mention of another like consequence from ...
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets: With an Introduction by Arthur Waugh, Volume 1 Volumes 770-771 of Everyman's Library Lives of the English Poets: With an Introduction by Arthur Waugh, Samuel Johnson Volume 84 of Worlds classics |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Publisher | Frowde, 191? |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 15 Feb 2019 |
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