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... experience . Even if he take a Greek myth for a subject , he will regard it and treat it in the light of the day when he sits down at his desk , and ad- dresses himself to the task of composition . It is absurd to call the Victorians ...
... experience . Even if he take a Greek myth for a subject , he will regard it and treat it in the light of the day when he sits down at his desk , and ad- dresses himself to the task of composition . It is absurd to call the Victorians ...
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... experiences , even with long years of intimate first - hand knowledge . No one doubts Mr. Service's accuracy or sincerity . But many men have had abundance of material , rich and new , only to find it unmanageable . Bret Harte , Mark ...
... experiences , even with long years of intimate first - hand knowledge . No one doubts Mr. Service's accuracy or sincerity . But many men have had abundance of material , rich and new , only to find it unmanageable . Bret Harte , Mark ...
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... experience - with the early Stratford inspira- tion - probably fired his ambition to become a dramatist . The late Sir George Alexander pro- duced Paolo and Francesca ; Herod was acted in London by Beerbohm Tree , and in America by ...
... experience - with the early Stratford inspira- tion - probably fired his ambition to become a dramatist . The late Sir George Alexander pro- duced Paolo and Francesca ; Herod was acted in London by Beerbohm Tree , and in America by ...
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... of original- ity , of a first - hand experience and observation of life , of a direct communion with men and women , with the seasons of the year , with day and night . The critic will therefore be well - advised , if STEPHEN PHILLIPS 37.
... of original- ity , of a first - hand experience and observation of life , of a direct communion with men and women , with the seasons of the year , with day and night . The critic will therefore be well - advised , if STEPHEN PHILLIPS 37.
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... experience and observa- tion of life . " One of the most severe tests of poetry that I know of is to read it aloud on the shore of an angry sea . Homer , Shakespeare , Milton gain in splendour with this accompaniment . With the words of ...
... experience and observa- tion of life . " One of the most severe tests of poetry that I know of is to read it aloud on the shore of an angry sea . Homer , Shakespeare , Milton gain in splendour with this accompaniment . With the words of ...
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Страница 160 - Even if we grant that exalted poetry can be kept successful by itself, the strong things of life are needed in poetry also, to show that what is exalted, or tender, is not made by feeble blood. It may almost be said that before verse can be human again it must learn to be brutal.
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Страница 50 - Therefore, since the world has still Much good, but much less good than ill, And while the sun and moon endure Luck's a chance, but trouble's sure, I'd face it as a wise man would, And train for ill and not for good.
Страница 51 - Out of a stem that scored the hand I wrung it in a weary land. But take it: if the smack is sour, The better for the embittered hour; It should do good to heart and head When your soul is in my soul's stead; And I will friend you, if I may, In the dark and cloudy day.