The Town: Its Memorable Characters and Events. St. Paul's to St. James's, Volume 1Smith, Elder, and Company, 1848 |
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... poetry is what every other man's poetry is , the flower of what was in him ; and it is at least so far good poetry , as it is the quintessence of amiable and deep reflection , not without a more festive strain , the result of his ...
... poetry is what every other man's poetry is , the flower of what was in him ; and it is at least so far good poetry , as it is the quintessence of amiable and deep reflection , not without a more festive strain , the result of his ...
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... poetry , when he had to touch upon any actual emotion . Poetry is nothing but the voluntary power to get at the inner spirit of what is felt , with imagination to embody it . It was supposed that Essex's enemies first got him into the ...
... poetry , when he had to touch upon any actual emotion . Poetry is nothing but the voluntary power to get at the inner spirit of what is felt , with imagination to embody it . It was supposed that Essex's enemies first got him into the ...
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... poetry selected from Greece , Italy , and Britain ; illustrative criticisms on these topics , and pleasant discursions on others which are collateral . These are prefaced by a genial introduction . It is a book acceptable at all seasons ...
... poetry selected from Greece , Italy , and Britain ; illustrative criticisms on these topics , and pleasant discursions on others which are collateral . These are prefaced by a genial introduction . It is a book acceptable at all seasons ...
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