The lives of the English poets: in 2 vol, Volume 1Tauchnitz, 1858 - 402 pages |
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Page 85
... imagination . Sapiens dominabitur astris . The author that thinks himself weather - bound will find , with a little help from hellebore , that he is only idle or exhausted . But while this notion has posses- sion of the head , it ...
... imagination . Sapiens dominabitur astris . The author that thinks himself weather - bound will find , with a little help from hellebore , that he is only idle or exhausted . But while this notion has posses- sion of the head , it ...
Page 86
... imagination . Into a mind already occupied by such fancies , another not more reasonable might easily find its way . He that could fear lest his genius had fallen upon too old a world , or too chill a climate , might consistently ...
... imagination . Into a mind already occupied by such fancies , another not more reasonable might easily find its way . He that could fear lest his genius had fallen upon too old a world , or too chill a climate , might consistently ...
Page 104
... imagination to the help of reason . Epic poetry un- dertakes to teach the most important truths by the most plea- sing precepts , and therefore relates some great event in the most affecting manner . History must supply the writer with ...
... imagination to the help of reason . Epic poetry un- dertakes to teach the most important truths by the most plea- sing precepts , and therefore relates some great event in the most affecting manner . History must supply the writer with ...
Page 106
... imagination represent them , is the task which this mighty Poet has undertaken and performed . In the examination of epic poems , much speculation is com- monly employed upon the characters . The characters in the " Paradise Lost ...
... imagination represent them , is the task which this mighty Poet has undertaken and performed . In the examination of epic poems , much speculation is com- monly employed upon the characters . The characters in the " Paradise Lost ...
Page 109
... imagination to unrestrained indulgence , and his conceptions therefore were extensive . The characteristic quality of his poem is sublimity . He sometimes descends to the elegant , but his element is the great . He can occasionally ...
... imagination to unrestrained indulgence , and his conceptions therefore were extensive . The characteristic quality of his poem is sublimity . He sometimes descends to the elegant , but his element is the great . He can occasionally ...
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