EssaysH.M. Caldwell, 1892 |
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Page 9
... experience , the rays or appulses have sufficient force to arrive at the senses , but not enough to reach the quick , and compel the reproduction of themselves in speech . The poet is the person in whom these powers are THE POET . 9.
... experience , the rays or appulses have sufficient force to arrive at the senses , but not enough to reach the quick , and compel the reproduction of themselves in speech . The poet is the person in whom these powers are THE POET . 9.
Page 14
... arrival of a brother who can hold him steady to a truth , until he has made it his own . With what joy I begin to read a poem , which I confide in as an inspiration ! And now my chains are to be broken ; I shall mount above these clouds ...
... arrival of a brother who can hold him steady to a truth , until he has made it his own . With what joy I begin to read a poem , which I confide in as an inspiration ! And now my chains are to be broken ; I shall mount above these clouds ...
Page 31
... arrive at the precise sense of the author . I think nothing is of any value in books , except- ing the transcendental and extraordinary . If a man is inflamed and carried away by his thought , to that degree that he forgets the authors ...
... arrive at the precise sense of the author . I think nothing is of any value in books , except- ing the transcendental and extraordinary . If a man is inflamed and carried away by his thought , to that degree that he forgets the authors ...
Page 64
... arrive at satisfactions , as when , being thirsty , I drink water , or go to the fire , being cold : no ! but I am at first apprised of my vicinity to a new and excellent region of life . By persisting to read or to think , this region ...
... arrive at satisfactions , as when , being thirsty , I drink water , or go to the fire , being cold : no ! but I am at first apprised of my vicinity to a new and excellent region of life . By persisting to read or to think , this region ...
Page 65
... arrive there , and behold what was there already . I make ! O no ! I clap my hands in infantine joy and amaze- ment , before the first opening to me of this august magnificence , old with the love and homage of in- numerable ages ...
... arrive there , and behold what was there already . I make ! O no ! I clap my hands in infantine joy and amaze- ment , before the first opening to me of this august magnificence , old with the love and homage of in- numerable ages ...
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