Littell's Living Age, Volume 164Living Age Company Incorporated, 1885 |
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... tion from singers who require grace , mel- ody , smoothness , and limpidity of meaning in songs , rather than intellectual strength or depth of suggestion , and that the true song should be above all things , as Milton expresses ...
... tion from singers who require grace , mel- ody , smoothness , and limpidity of meaning in songs , rather than intellectual strength or depth of suggestion , and that the true song should be above all things , as Milton expresses ...
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... tion of his own wares in the advertising columns of the penny press ; calls them " lovely , " " soul - entrancing ... tion of new epic poems may have passed , never more to return , but the days of lyrical poetry will never pass as long ...
... tion of his own wares in the advertising columns of the penny press ; calls them " lovely , " " soul - entrancing ... tion of new epic poems may have passed , never more to return , but the days of lyrical poetry will never pass as long ...
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... tion that willing suspension of disbelief for the moment , which constitutes poetic faith . Mr. Wordsworth , on the other hand , was to propose to himself , as his object , to give the charm of novelty to things of every day , and to ...
... tion that willing suspension of disbelief for the moment , which constitutes poetic faith . Mr. Wordsworth , on the other hand , was to propose to himself , as his object , to give the charm of novelty to things of every day , and to ...
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... tion . In " Lucy Gray " the narrative is of the most direct kind ; there is no sort of When from these lofty thoughts I woke , " What is it , " said I , " that you bear , Beneath the covert of your cloak , Protected from the cold damp ...
... tion . In " Lucy Gray " the narrative is of the most direct kind ; there is no sort of When from these lofty thoughts I woke , " What is it , " said I , " that you bear , Beneath the covert of your cloak , Protected from the cold damp ...
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... tion of his muse he illustrates as happily as any man the truth of Horace's observa- tion , - His theory , on the other hand , shows him to have been under the impression that he merely chose to express himself in verse in order to give ...
... tion of his muse he illustrates as happily as any man the truth of Horace's observa- tion , - His theory , on the other hand , shows him to have been under the impression that he merely chose to express himself in verse in order to give ...
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