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Page 173
... poetry has always been so popular among nations , is that no exercise of the mind is so agreeable to us as that of the imagination . That this faculty is likewise the cha- racteristic badge of a true poet , none who have read Shakspeare ...
... poetry has always been so popular among nations , is that no exercise of the mind is so agreeable to us as that of the imagination . That this faculty is likewise the cha- racteristic badge of a true poet , none who have read Shakspeare ...
Page 184
... poetry of Tasso , Mr. Hunt has extended him in some places to a most unconscionable length . Indeed , our ... poet who would translate a poet like Tasso ; and until some genius rises up among us similar to his own , we must not expect an ...
... poetry of Tasso , Mr. Hunt has extended him in some places to a most unconscionable length . Indeed , our ... poet who would translate a poet like Tasso ; and until some genius rises up among us similar to his own , we must not expect an ...
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... poetry , he is occasionally too free both in omitting the original and in giving way to his own muse . Yet we by no means agree with Mr. Hunt that this is such a capital offence in the court of Phoebus ; for , if there be any statute ...
... poetry , he is occasionally too free both in omitting the original and in giving way to his own muse . Yet we by no means agree with Mr. Hunt that this is such a capital offence in the court of Phoebus ; for , if there be any statute ...
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