Littell's Living Age, Volume 164Living Age Company Incorporated, 1885 |
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... poet . His formulated creed was that the imaginative mind , by an act of meditation , can make any subject , how- ever trivial , poetical . But his practice perceiving how greatly he was influenced proves that a poet only writes ...
... poet . His formulated creed was that the imaginative mind , by an act of meditation , can make any subject , how- ever trivial , poetical . But his practice perceiving how greatly he was influenced proves that a poet only writes ...
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... poet . He wanted the robust spirit which has always found readiest way to the hearts of Normans , Danes , and Sax- ons , but he has merits and beauties which it is sin and folly to ignore . The sweet- ness of his numbers ; the aptness ...
... poet . He wanted the robust spirit which has always found readiest way to the hearts of Normans , Danes , and Sax- ons , but he has merits and beauties which it is sin and folly to ignore . The sweet- ness of his numbers ; the aptness ...
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From The Edinburgh Review . SPENSER AS A PHILOSOPHIC POET . * IT often happens that some eminent characteristic of a great poet has almost escaped observation owing to the degree in which other characteristics , not higher but more ...
From The Edinburgh Review . SPENSER AS A PHILOSOPHIC POET . * IT often happens that some eminent characteristic of a great poet has almost escaped observation owing to the degree in which other characteristics , not higher but more ...
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