Essays, Volume 1Ticknor and Fields, 1868 - 274 pages |
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... metamorphosis ; perceives that thought is multi form ; that within the form of every creature is a force impelling it to ascend into a higher form ; and , following with his eyes the life , uses the forms which express that life , and ...
... metamorphosis ; perceives that thought is multi form ; that within the form of every creature is a force impelling it to ascend into a higher form ; and , following with his eyes the life , uses the forms which express that life , and ...
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... metamorphosis again . I re- member that a certain poet described it to me thus : Genius is the activity which repairs the decays of things , whether wholly or partly of a material and finite kind . Nature , through all her kingdoms ...
... metamorphosis again . I re- member that a certain poet described it to me thus : Genius is the activity which repairs the decays of things , whether wholly or partly of a material and finite kind . Nature , through all her kingdoms ...
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... metamorphosis of things into higher organic forms , is their change into melodies . Over everything stands its dæmon , or soul , and , as the form of the thing is reflected by the eye , so the soul of the thing is reflected by a melody ...
... metamorphosis of things into higher organic forms , is their change into melodies . Over everything stands its dæmon , or soul , and , as the form of the thing is reflected by the eye , so the soul of the thing is reflected by a melody ...
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... metamorphosis is possible . This is the reason why bards love wine , mead , narcotics , coffee , tea , opium , the fumes of sandal- wood and tobacco , or whatever other procurers of animal exhilaration . All men avail themselves of such ...
... metamorphosis is possible . This is the reason why bards love wine , mead , narcotics , coffee , tea , opium , the fumes of sandal- wood and tobacco , or whatever other procurers of animal exhilaration . All men avail themselves of such ...
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... , it is not inactive in other men . The metamorphosis excites in the beholder an emotion of joy . The use of symbols has a certain power of emancipation and exhilaration for all men . We seem to be touched THE POET . 33.
... , it is not inactive in other men . The metamorphosis excites in the beholder an emotion of joy . The use of symbols has a certain power of emancipation and exhilaration for all men . We seem to be touched THE POET . 33.
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