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... poetical without the subject admits of it ; unless that is in itself interesting , all the pomp and ornaments of poetry and lan- guage will be lavished on it in vain . It would be making a statue of snow , and bestowing on it the art ...
... poetical without the subject admits of it ; unless that is in itself interesting , all the pomp and ornaments of poetry and lan- guage will be lavished on it in vain . It would be making a statue of snow , and bestowing on it the art ...
Side 101
Addressed to His Son George Gregory. of the Bible is not poetical . Milton , on the contrary , seems to have chosen the only scrip- tural subject that afforded scope for imagina- tion . The fall of our first parents was poetical in ...
Addressed to His Son George Gregory. of the Bible is not poetical . Milton , on the contrary , seems to have chosen the only scrip- tural subject that afforded scope for imagina- tion . The fall of our first parents was poetical in ...
Side 102
... poetical fabric ; but human actions are the co- lumns and rafters that give it stability and ele- vation . " Poetry has been called an imitative art , and so it may be considered in some degree . But though it is an imitation of nature ...
... poetical fabric ; but human actions are the co- lumns and rafters that give it stability and ele- vation . " Poetry has been called an imitative art , and so it may be considered in some degree . But though it is an imitation of nature ...
Side 112
... poetry is , that they serve to raise it above common language , and therefore impart to it a kind of dignity and elevation . Mr. Gray , in one of his letters , selects from Dryden the following instances of poetical li- cence in the ...
... poetry is , that they serve to raise it above common language , and therefore impart to it a kind of dignity and elevation . Mr. Gray , in one of his letters , selects from Dryden the following instances of poetical li- cence in the ...
Side 114
... poetical words take an additional syllable , as dispart , distain , enchain , & c . While others are made shorter , as vale , trump , clime , submiss , drear , dread , helm , morn , mead , eve and even , ' gan 114 THOUGHTS AND.
... poetical words take an additional syllable , as dispart , distain , enchain , & c . While others are made shorter , as vale , trump , clime , submiss , drear , dread , helm , morn , mead , eve and even , ' gan 114 THOUGHTS AND.
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