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... poetry , on the whole , stands higher for us than that of Leopardi's , as it stands higher for us , I think , than that of any modern poetry except Goethe's . ' ' Not healthful or true ' -Italian apologists for Leopardi may excusably ...
... poetry , on the whole , stands higher for us than that of Leopardi's , as it stands higher for us , I think , than that of any modern poetry except Goethe's . ' ' Not healthful or true ' -Italian apologists for Leopardi may excusably ...
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... poetry ' —a very different thing . For what is given to us in poetry is not a speculative theory , but a living mood , an actual state of the mind , unified , however complex , by some one more or less powerful emotion . It is this mood ...
... poetry ' —a very different thing . For what is given to us in poetry is not a speculative theory , but a living mood , an actual state of the mind , unified , however complex , by some one more or less powerful emotion . It is this mood ...
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... poetry , that is to say his view of the role that poetry ought to play in life , which depends of course upon his view of what poetry is , constitutes the very soul of his message to mankind . For his poetry was intended not only to ...
... poetry , that is to say his view of the role that poetry ought to play in life , which depends of course upon his view of what poetry is , constitutes the very soul of his message to mankind . For his poetry was intended not only to ...
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ANNUAL REPORT FOR 19267 | 7 |
LEOPARDI AND WORDSWORTH Annual Italian Lecture | 47 |
THOMAS RANDOLPH Warton Lecture on English Poetry By G C | 79 |
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