And, as the magic lantern acts best in a dark room, poetry effects its purpose most completely in a dark age. As the light of knowledge breaks in upon its exhibitions, as the outlines of certainty become more and more definite, and the shades of probability... Critical and Miscellaneous Essays - Page 23by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1840Full view - About this book
| Samuel Phillips Newman - English language - 1829 - 270 pages
...favorable to poetical excellence, says, " Poetry produces an illusion on the eye of the mind, as a magic lantern produces an illusion on the eye of the body. And as a magic lantern acts best in a dark room, poetry effects its purpose best in a dark age. As the light... | |
| Samuel Phillips Newman - English language - 1837 - 334 pages
...favourable to poetical excellence, says : — " Poetry produces an illusion on the eye of the mind, as a magic lantern produces an illusion on the eye of the body. And as a magic lantern acts best in a dark room, poetry effects its purpose best in a dark age. As the light... | |
| Samuel Phillips Newman - English language - 1837 - 334 pages
...favourable to poetical excellence, says :— " Poetry produces an illusion on the eye of the mind, as a magic lantern produces an illusion on the eye of the body. And as a magic lantern acts best in a dark room, poetry effects its purpose best in a dark age. As the light... | |
| Samuel P. NEWMAN - English language - 1843 - 322 pages
...of the body. And as a magic lantern acts best in a dark room, poetry effects its purpose best in & dark age. As the light of knowledge breaks in upon its exhibitions, aa the outlines of certainty become more and more definite, and the shades of probability more and... | |
| American literature - 1849 - 606 pages
...They linger longest among the peasantry. " Poetry produces an illusion on the eye of the mind, as a magic lantern produces an illusion on the eye of the...of knowledge breaks in upon its exhibitions, as the outline of certainty becomes more and more definite, and the shades of probability more and more distinct,... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1844 - 614 pages
...Poetry produces an illusion on the eye of the mind, as a magic lantern produces an illusion on :he eye of the body. And. as the magic lantern acts best in a dark room, poetry cft'ec.ts its purpose most completely in a dark age. As the ight of knowledge breaks in upon it- exhibiions.... | |
| Richard Hiley - 1846 - 144 pages
...rills to refresh the garden of literature. 14. Poetry produces an illusion on the eye of the mind, as a magic lantern produces an illusion on the eye of the body. And as a magic lantern acts best in a dark room, poetry effects its purpose best in a dark age. As the light... | |
| 1849 - 588 pages
...They linger longest among the peasantry. " Poetry produces an illusion on the eye of the mind, as a magi J outline of certainty becomes more and more definite, and the shades of probability more and more distinct,... | |
| English essays - 1852 - 780 pages
...improvements. They linger longest among the peasantry. Poetry produces an illusion on the eye of the mind, as a ost unpromising materials, the finest army that Europe had ever seen majic lantern acts best in a dark room, poetry effects its purpose most completely in a dark age. As... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English essays - 1856 - 770 pages
...improvements. They linger longest among the peasantry. Poetry produces an illusion on the eye of the mind, as a magic lantern produces an illusion on the eye of the body. And, as the mağic lantern acts best in a dark room, poetry effect* its purpose most completely in a dark age.... | |
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