The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 1Stone and Kimball, 1896 |
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Pàgina xii
... imagination to the help of reason . ' ' Works of imagination excel by their allurement and delight ; by their -power of attracting and detaining the attention . That book is good in vain which the reader throws away . ' Once more ...
... imagination to the help of reason . ' ' Works of imagination excel by their allurement and delight ; by their -power of attracting and detaining the attention . That book is good in vain which the reader throws away . ' Once more ...
Pàgina 3
... imagination and elegance of language have deservedly set him high in the ranks of literature ; but his zeal of friendship , or ambition of eloquence , has produced a funeral oration rather than a history : he has given the character ...
... imagination and elegance of language have deservedly set him high in the ranks of literature ; but his zeal of friendship , or ambition of eloquence , has produced a funeral oration rather than a history : he has given the character ...
Pàgina 17
... imagination is not always gratified , at least the powers of reflection and comparison are employed ; and in the mass of materials which ingenuous absurdity has thrown together genuine wit and useful knowledge may be sometimes found ...
... imagination is not always gratified , at least the powers of reflection and comparison are employed ; and in the mass of materials which ingenuous absurdity has thrown together genuine wit and useful knowledge may be sometimes found ...
Pàgina 40
... imagination overawed and controlled . have been accustomed to acquiesce in the nakedness and simplicity of the authentic narrative , and to repose on its veracity with such humble confidence , as suppresses curiosity . We go with the ...
... imagination overawed and controlled . have been accustomed to acquiesce in the nakedness and simplicity of the authentic narrative , and to repose on its veracity with such humble confidence , as suppresses curiosity . We go with the ...
Pàgina 41
... imagination to place us in the state of them whose story is related , and by consequence their joys and griefs are not easily adopted , nor can the attention be often interested in anything that befalls them . To the subject , thus ...
... imagination to place us in the state of them whose story is related , and by consequence their joys and griefs are not easily adopted , nor can the attention be often interested in anything that befalls them . To the subject , thus ...
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