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Page 579
... poem , in my opinion , is opposed to a work of science by having , for its immediate object , pleasure , not truth ; to romance , by having for its object an indefinite instead of a definite pleasure , being a poem only so far as this ...
... poem , in my opinion , is opposed to a work of science by having , for its immediate object , pleasure , not truth ; to romance , by having for its object an indefinite instead of a definite pleasure , being a poem only so far as this ...
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... poem . Holding in view these considerations , as well as that degree of excitement which I deemed not above the popular , while not below the critical , taste , I reached at once what I conceived the proper length for my intended poem ...
... poem . Holding in view these considerations , as well as that degree of excitement which I deemed not above the popular , while not below the critical , taste , I reached at once what I conceived the proper length for my intended poem ...
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... poem were popular in reality , which I doubt , it is at least clear that no very long poem will ever be popular again . 204 and then producing a brilliant or vivid , never pro- duces a profound or enduring effect . There must be the ...
... poem were popular in reality , which I doubt , it is at least clear that no very long poem will ever be popular again . 204 and then producing a brilliant or vivid , never pro- duces a profound or enduring effect . There must be the ...
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From Of Being | 154 |
From Notes on the Mind | 160 |
SELECTED COOPER BIBLIOGRAPHY | 235 |
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