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... manner as to make up a man - a real , living , individual man ? and ingenuity , had little imagination ; nor indeed do. Perhaps no man can be a poet , or can even enjoy poetry , without a certain unsoundness of mind , if any thing which ...
... manner as to make up a man - a real , living , individual man ? and ingenuity , had little imagination ; nor indeed do. Perhaps no man can be a poet , or can even enjoy poetry , without a certain unsoundness of mind , if any thing which ...
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... manner are words of enchantment ; no sooner are they indispensable to such works is admirably pre - pronounced than the past is present , and the served , while , at the same time , the richness distant near . New forms of beauty start ...
... manner are words of enchantment ; no sooner are they indispensable to such works is admirably pre - pronounced than the past is present , and the served , while , at the same time , the richness distant near . New forms of beauty start ...
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... manner inherent in the nature of that species of com- We cannot , we think , better illustrate our position ; and he has , therefore , succeeded , opinion respecting our own great poet , than wherever success was not impossible . The by ...
... manner inherent in the nature of that species of com- We cannot , we think , better illustrate our position ; and he has , therefore , succeeded , opinion respecting our own great poet , than wherever success was not impossible . The by ...
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... manner as to present a picture to the mental eye . And , if they are not so disposed , they are no more entitled to be called poetry , than a bale of canvass and a box of colours are to be called a painting . We will not take upon ...
... manner as to present a picture to the mental eye . And , if they are not so disposed , they are no more entitled to be called poetry , than a bale of canvass and a box of colours are to be called a painting . We will not take upon ...
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... manner which has ex- jurious to the cause of freedom . He whom it removed was a captive and a hostage . His heir , to whom the allegiance of every royalist was instantly transferred , was at large . The Presbyterians could never have ...
... manner which has ex- jurious to the cause of freedom . He whom it removed was a captive and a hostage . His heir , to whom the allegiance of every royalist was instantly transferred , was at large . The Presbyterians could never have ...
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