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... 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 , on other ...
... 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 , on other ...
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... thing . We are not shocked at being told that a man who lived , nobody knows when , saw many very strange sights , and we can easily abandon ourselves to the illusion of the ro- mance . But when Lemuel Gulliver , surgeon , now actually ...
... thing . We are not shocked at being told that a man who lived , nobody knows when , saw many very strange sights , and we can easily abandon ourselves to the illusion of the ro- mance . But when Lemuel Gulliver , surgeon , now actually ...
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... thing : and the business of poetry is with images , and not with words . The poet uses words indeed ; but they are merely the instruments of his art , not its objects . They are the materials which he is to dispose in such a manner as ...
... thing : and the business of poetry is with images , and not with words . The poet uses words indeed ; but they are merely the instruments of his art , not its objects . They are the materials which he is to dispose in such a manner as ...
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... thing more were wanting to the justification ought to be responsible for the acts of the of Milton , the book of Salmasius would furnish Sovereign . If so , why not impeach Jeffries it . That miserable performance is now with and retain ...
... thing more were wanting to the justification ought to be responsible for the acts of the of Milton , the book of Salmasius would furnish Sovereign . If so , why not impeach Jeffries it . That miserable performance is now with and retain ...
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... thing is forgotten , but the victory of Agincourt ! Francis Sforza , on the other hand , was the model of the Italian hero . He made his employers and his rivals alike his tools . He first overpowered his open enemies by the help of ...
... thing is forgotten , but the victory of Agincourt ! Francis Sforza , on the other hand , was the model of the Italian hero . He made his employers and his rivals alike his tools . He first overpowered his open enemies by the help of ...
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