The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 24A. Constable, 1814 |
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Page 163
... poetry , ' - that is , poetry addressed almost exclusively to the imagination , and inspired ra- ther by the recollection of its most fantastic and abstracted vi- sions , than by any observation of the characters , the actions , or even ...
... poetry , ' - that is , poetry addressed almost exclusively to the imagination , and inspired ra- ther by the recollection of its most fantastic and abstracted vi- sions , than by any observation of the characters , the actions , or even ...
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... poetry of the present day -- but we are so far from admitting that gaiety is the peculiar distinction of modern ... poetry is likely to become . It would certainly require a good deal of argument to convince us that the poetry of a ...
... poetry of the present day -- but we are so far from admitting that gaiety is the peculiar distinction of modern ... poetry is likely to become . It would certainly require a good deal of argument to convince us that the poetry of a ...
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... poetry likely to become . ' Pref . p . viii . Now , without speaking of the absurdity of considering poetry , at any period , as the artificial semblance ' of the graces of conversation , ' or the inaccuracy of supposing that a work of ...
... poetry likely to become . ' Pref . p . viii . Now , without speaking of the absurdity of considering poetry , at any period , as the artificial semblance ' of the graces of conversation , ' or the inaccuracy of supposing that a work of ...
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The Excursion being a portion of the Recluse | 1 |
On the Light of the Cassegrainian Telescope com | 31 |
Select Passages of the Writings of St Chrysostom | 58 |
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