Essays and Reviews, Том 1Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1853 |
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... images are pictorial argu- ments ; the most gorgeous trappings of his rhetoric are radiant with thought . His intellectual eye pierces instantly beneath the shows of things to the things themselves , and seems almost to behold truth in ...
... images are pictorial argu- ments ; the most gorgeous trappings of his rhetoric are radiant with thought . His intellectual eye pierces instantly beneath the shows of things to the things themselves , and seems almost to behold truth in ...
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... images and repeat old forms of expression ; they may rather reproduce than create ; but their poetry often displays smooth versification , pure sentiment , and occasionally a happy thought . Almost all men " experience " poetry during ...
... images and repeat old forms of expression ; they may rather reproduce than create ; but their poetry often displays smooth versification , pure sentiment , and occasionally a happy thought . Almost all men " experience " poetry during ...
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... Images , metaphors , subtle and delicate phrases , may glide away from the mind , and yet the soul by which they were animated remain . There is much confusion produced in criticism by not discriminating between the form and the essence ...
... Images , metaphors , subtle and delicate phrases , may glide away from the mind , and yet the soul by which they were animated remain . There is much confusion produced in criticism by not discriminating between the form and the essence ...
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... image with so much clearness and compression , that it becomes immediately apparent to the eye ; and the language in which he pic- tures it forth is instinct with imagination , even when he superadds no direct sentiment or analogy . The ...
... image with so much clearness and compression , that it becomes immediately apparent to the eye ; and the language in which he pic- tures it forth is instinct with imagination , even when he superadds no direct sentiment or analogy . The ...
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... image or sudden out- break of feeling , they are admirable specimens of what may be called the philosophy of the soul . They address the finer instincts of our nature with a voice so winning and gentle , they search out with such subtle ...
... image or sudden out- break of feeling , they are admirable specimens of what may be called the philosophy of the soul . They address the finer instincts of our nature with a voice so winning and gentle , they search out with such subtle ...
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