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... simplicity of style , —these may to a certain extent be learned ; and these may , I am convinced , be learned best from the ancients , who , although infinitely less suggestive than Shakespeare , are thus , to the artist , more in ...
... simplicity of style , —these may to a certain extent be learned ; and these may , I am convinced , be learned best from the ancients , who , although infinitely less suggestive than Shakespeare , are thus , to the artist , more in ...
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... simplicity ; that simplicity which is , he says , his own idol . But he has to deal with a Parisian audience , with an audience who have been glutted with masterpieces until their delicacy has become excessive ; until they can no longer ...
... simplicity ; that simplicity which is , he says , his own idol . But he has to deal with a Parisian audience , with an audience who have been glutted with masterpieces until their delicacy has become excessive ; until they can no longer ...
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... simplicity is inimitable : αἰὼν ἀσφαλὴς οὐκ ἔγεντ ̓ οὔτ ̓ Αἰακίδᾳ παρὰ Πηλεί , oi οὔτε παρ ' ἀντιθέῳ Κάδμῳ · λέγονται μὲν βροτῶν ὄλβον ὑπέρτατον οἳ σχεῖν , οἵ τε καὶ χρυσαμπύκων μελπομενᾶν ἐν ὄρει Μοισᾶν , καὶ ἐν ἑπταπύλοις ἄϊον Θήβαις ...
... simplicity is inimitable : αἰὼν ἀσφαλὴς οὐκ ἔγεντ ̓ οὔτ ̓ Αἰακίδᾳ παρὰ Πηλεί , oi οὔτε παρ ' ἀντιθέῳ Κάδμῳ · λέγονται μὲν βροτῶν ὄλβον ὑπέρτατον οἳ σχεῖν , οἵ τε καὶ χρυσαμπύκων μελπομενᾶν ἐν ὄρει Μοισᾶν , καὶ ἐν ἑπταπύλοις ἄϊον Θήβαις ...
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Preface to First Edition of Poems 1853 | 1 |
Preface to Second Edition of Poems 1854 | 16 |
England and the Italian Question | 65 |
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