Essays, Volume 1Houghton Mifflin, 1903 - 445 pages |
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Page 165
... poet , the good player . The poet uses the names of Cæsar , of Tamerlane , of Bonduca , ' of Belisarius ; the painter uses the conventional story of the Vir- gin Mary , of Paul , of Peter . He does not there- fore defer to the nature of ...
... poet , the good player . The poet uses the names of Cæsar , of Tamerlane , of Bonduca , ' of Belisarius ; the painter uses the conventional story of the Vir- gin Mary , of Paul , of Peter . He does not there- fore defer to the nature of ...
Page 231
Ralph Waldo Emerson. remains the dream of poets . dence should be coincident . Poetry and pru- Poets should be lawgivers ; that is , the boldest lyric inspiration should not chide and insult , but should announce and lead the civil code ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. remains the dream of poets . dence should be coincident . Poetry and pru- Poets should be lawgivers ; that is , the boldest lyric inspiration should not chide and insult , but should announce and lead the civil code ...
Page 404
... poetic temperament . " I dare say I am , " said he , " but I've never had the time to think of it , so I really can't say . " Page 132 , note 2. From Wordsworth's Sonnet XII . in Poems ... poet and philosopher , who joined the 404 NOTES.
... poetic temperament . " I dare say I am , " said he , " but I've never had the time to think of it , so I really can't say . " Page 132 , note 2. From Wordsworth's Sonnet XII . in Poems ... poet and philosopher , who joined the 404 NOTES.
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