Now the object, Truth, or the satisfaction of the intellect, and the object Passion, or the excitement of the heart, are, although attainable, to a certain extent, in poetry, far more readily attainable in prose. Truth, in fact, demands a precision, and... The Oxford Book of American Essays - Pàgina 1031914 - 508 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
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...in the poem. Now the object, Truth, or the satisfaction of the intellect, and the object, Passion, or the excitement of the heart, are, although attainable,...that Beauty which, I maintain, is the excitement, 01 pleasurable elevation, of the soul. It by no means follows from any thing here said, that passion,... | |
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...object, Truth, or the satisfaction of the intellect, and the object, Passion, or the excitement of 270 the heart, are, although attainable to a certain extent...(the truly passionate will comprehend me), which are absolute antagonistic to that Beauty which, I maintain, is the excitement, or pleasurable elevation,... | |
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