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Page 71
This is one reason that mere Veracity , as distinguished from philosophical Truth ,
though it often appears but a condescension to unimportant fact , occupies ,
notwithstanding , so high a place in the world of Art . The effort to attain it is a ...
This is one reason that mere Veracity , as distinguished from philosophical Truth ,
though it often appears but a condescension to unimportant fact , occupies ,
notwithstanding , so high a place in the world of Art . The effort to attain it is a ...
Page 79
It is not difficult to force a number of thoughts into a narrow compass ; but if these
thoughts chance to be heterogeneous , and if their connexion be arbitrary , they
will not stand on better terms by reason of the forced proximity . It is not the ...
It is not difficult to force a number of thoughts into a narrow compass ; but if these
thoughts chance to be heterogeneous , and if their connexion be arbitrary , they
will not stand on better terms by reason of the forced proximity . It is not the ...
Page 86
Twas not with childhood that he had to do ; Its wayward moods , and ready
penitence , That still is prompt to kiss , if not the rod , At least the hand that wields
it ; not to watch Sweet instinct reaching after distant reason , And mere affection
train ...
Twas not with childhood that he had to do ; Its wayward moods , and ready
penitence , That still is prompt to kiss , if not the rod , At least the hand that wields
it ; not to watch Sweet instinct reaching after distant reason , And mere affection
train ...
Page 90
... of every art , the method by which poetry teaches is far removed from the
scientific . A long didactic poem in general demonstrates itself very soon to be but
prose ; yet if the experiment be not extended too far , there is no reason why
criticism ...
... of every art , the method by which poetry teaches is far removed from the
scientific . A long didactic poem in general demonstrates itself very soon to be but
prose ; yet if the experiment be not extended too far , there is no reason why
criticism ...
Page 95
Poetry , however , no doubt borrows from itself as well as from human life ; which
is one reason for the copiousness with which , after a long frost , its fountains
gush forth at particular periods . Poets learn to sing as children learn to speak , in
...
Poetry , however , no doubt borrows from itself as well as from human life ; which
is one reason for the copiousness with which , after a long frost , its fountains
gush forth at particular periods . Poets learn to sing as children learn to speak , in
...
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