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... mind , if any thing which gives so much pleasure ought to be called unsoundness . By poetry we mean , not of course all writing in verse , nor even all good writing in verse . Our definition excludes many metrical compo- sitions which ...
... mind , if any thing which gives so much pleasure ought to be called unsoundness . By poetry we mean , not of course all writing in verse , nor even all good writing in verse . Our definition excludes many metrical compo- sitions which ...
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... mind through conductors . The most unimaginative man must understand the Iliad . Homer gives him no choice , and requires from him not ver- tion ; but takes the whole upon himself , and sets his images in so clear a light that it is ...
... mind through conductors . The most unimaginative man must understand the Iliad . Homer gives him no choice , and requires from him not ver- tion ; but takes the whole upon himself , and sets his images in so clear a light that it is ...
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... mind , without bestow- ing a thought on those dramatic proprieties which the nature of the work rendered it im- possible to preserve . In the attempt to recon- cile things in their own nature inconsistent , he has failed , as every one ...
... mind , without bestow- ing a thought on those dramatic proprieties which the nature of the work rendered it im- possible to preserve . In the attempt to recon- cile things in their own nature inconsistent , he has failed , as every one ...
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... mind alto- gether depraved , in company with great and good qualities , with generosity , with benevo- Yet this man , black with the vices which we lence , with disinterestedness . From such a consider as most loathsome - traitor ...
... mind alto- gether depraved , in company with great and good qualities , with generosity , with benevo- Yet this man , black with the vices which we lence , with disinterestedness . From such a consider as most loathsome - traitor ...
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... mind to have given Bardolph and Shallow as much wit as Prince Hal , and to have made Dogberry and Verges retort on each other in sparkling epigrams . But he knew , to use his own admirable language , that such indiscriminate prodigality ...
... mind to have given Bardolph and Shallow as much wit as Prince Hal , and to have made Dogberry and Verges retort on each other in sparkling epigrams . But he knew , to use his own admirable language , that such indiscriminate prodigality ...
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