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... poet for example may be as bad a judge of painting as a painter may be of poetry , each man looking vainly in his neighbour's work for the qualities proper to his own ; but it does not follow that either must of necessity be fool enough ...
... poet for example may be as bad a judge of painting as a painter may be of poetry , each man looking vainly in his neighbour's work for the qualities proper to his own ; but it does not follow that either must of necessity be fool enough ...
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... poets of Richelieu beside Corneille , and I know not whom beside Molière , will the future think of those judges who would place any poet of his age by the side of Victor Hugo . Nor has his age proved poor - it has rather been ...
... poets of Richelieu beside Corneille , and I know not whom beside Molière , will the future think of those judges who would place any poet of his age by the side of Victor Hugo . Nor has his age proved poor - it has rather been ...
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... poet's metaphor , that he sees the crowning star of a long night now dilated to a sun through the thunderclouds of the morning . He knows that this fire in heaven is indeed the fire of day ; but he finds no fitting words of welcome or ...
... poet's metaphor , that he sees the crowning star of a long night now dilated to a sun through the thunderclouds of the morning . He knows that this fire in heaven is indeed the fire of day ; but he finds no fitting words of welcome or ...
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... poets who have never gone up to the prophetic heights or down to the tragic depths of thought and passion , is there one who can put forth when he will verse of such sweet and simple perfection as the great tragic and prophetic poet of ...
... poets who have never gone up to the prophetic heights or down to the tragic depths of thought and passion , is there one who can put forth when he will verse of such sweet and simple perfection as the great tragic and prophetic poet of ...
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... poetic art in general , and certain in that case to illustrate them with fresh lights of its own . This of Victor ... poetry and politics are irreconcilable or not ; the second , whether art should prefer to deal with things immediate ...
... poetic art in general , and certain in that case to illustrate them with fresh lights of its own . This of Victor ... poetry and politics are irreconcilable or not ; the second , whether art should prefer to deal with things immediate ...
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