Lectures on General Literature, Poetry, &c: Delivered at the Royal Institution in 1830 and 1831 ; Complete in One VolumeHarper, 1838 - 324 стор. |
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... affecting ; nay , in its most artificial array , that of pure fiction , it must be the fiction that represents truth , and which is truth , -truth in the spirit , though not in the letter . The illustrations which I am about to produce ...
... affecting ; nay , in its most artificial array , that of pure fiction , it must be the fiction that represents truth , and which is truth , -truth in the spirit , though not in the letter . The illustrations which I am about to produce ...
Сторінка 120
... affecting , and fervent , yet not a whit less natural , than passion itself can inspire in minds less tremblingly alive to every touch of pain or pleasure . Hence the delight communicated by poetry is , in general , more intensely ...
... affecting , and fervent , yet not a whit less natural , than passion itself can inspire in minds less tremblingly alive to every touch of pain or pleasure . Hence the delight communicated by poetry is , in general , more intensely ...
Сторінка 160
... affecting circumstance , that the reader is instantly converted into a spectator on the spot , and forgets the poet , the poetry , and every thing except the palpable illusion which , for the moment , captivates his attention . It is ...
... affecting circumstance , that the reader is instantly converted into a spectator on the spot , and forgets the poet , the poetry , and every thing except the palpable illusion which , for the moment , captivates his attention . It is ...
Сторінка 165
... and maidens , have always de- graded them by a mixture of the ludicrous with the true , to give spirit to their descriptions ; thereby making what might have been natural and affecting , merely VARIOUS CLASSES OF POETRY . 165.
... and maidens , have always de- graded them by a mixture of the ludicrous with the true , to give spirit to their descriptions ; thereby making what might have been natural and affecting , merely VARIOUS CLASSES OF POETRY . 165.
Сторінка 166
... affecting , merely grotesque and amusing . I take no account here of that most artificial of all kinds of verse , while it pretends to be the most natural , -the pastorals of our earliest poets , or those of later ones down even to Pope ...
... affecting , merely grotesque and amusing . I take no account here of that most artificial of all kinds of verse , while it pretends to be the most natural , -the pastorals of our earliest poets , or those of later ones down even to Pope ...
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Сторінка 229 - And he said, BLESSED be the Lord God of Shem ; And Canaan shall be his servant. God shall enlarge Japheth, And he shall dwell in the tents of Shem ; And Canaan shall be his servant.
Сторінка 114 - Full fathom five thy father lies; Of his bones are coral made; Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him that doth fade, But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange. Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell : Hark! now I hear them, — ding-dong, bell.
Сторінка 231 - Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up : he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion ; who shall rouse him up ? The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come ; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
Сторінка 94 - Back to thy punishment, False fugitive, and to thy speed add wings, Lest with a whip of scorpions I pursue Thy lingering, or with one stroke of this dart Strange horror seize thee, and pangs unfelt before.
Сторінка 86 - As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more. He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
Сторінка 78 - And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them ; there remained not so much as one of them.
Сторінка 77 - And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their...
Сторінка 227 - And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice ; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech : for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt : 24 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
Сторінка 119 - ... the primary laws of our nature: chiefly, as far as regards the manner in which we associate ideas in a state of excitement.
Сторінка 76 - Lear. Pray, do not mock me : I am a very foolish fond old man, Fourscore and upward, not an hour more nor less; And, to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my perfect mind.