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Page 47
... poetical restoration : the mis- chiefs of revolution have disposed men to welcome any repre sentative of the royal blood , and in spite of every fault , the offspring of the rightful family is raised with acclamations to Gertrude of ...
... poetical restoration : the mis- chiefs of revolution have disposed men to welcome any repre sentative of the royal blood , and in spite of every fault , the offspring of the rightful family is raised with acclamations to Gertrude of ...
Page 55
... poetical beauties are highly enjoyed , there is some exercise performed by the intellects of the reader . The mode of that exercise appears to have been much misrepresented in a late defence , no less sophistical than ingenious , of Mr ...
... poetical beauties are highly enjoyed , there is some exercise performed by the intellects of the reader . The mode of that exercise appears to have been much misrepresented in a late defence , no less sophistical than ingenious , of Mr ...
Page 56
... poetical passages that are lightly sketched , furnish no reason why a weak and ordinary plot should be preferred to a fable compo- sed of bold , interesting , and affecting situations . Descrip tions , and declamations , and even ...
... poetical passages that are lightly sketched , furnish no reason why a weak and ordinary plot should be preferred to a fable compo- sed of bold , interesting , and affecting situations . Descrip tions , and declamations , and even ...
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... poetical genius . Shall any one protest against this mode of forming an estimate , and insist that we ought to judge a poet's genius , not by a series of passages , but by the merits , which a poem possesses as a whole ? -With equal ...
... poetical genius . Shall any one protest against this mode of forming an estimate , and insist that we ought to judge a poet's genius , not by a series of passages , but by the merits , which a poem possesses as a whole ? -With equal ...
Page 70
... poetical merit is but moderate ; yet , where the excellences are so transcendent , as to carry the reader from page to page , forgetful of every defect in the arrangement , and occupied only with the glories of the poetry , the errors ...
... poetical merit is but moderate ; yet , where the excellences are so transcendent , as to carry the reader from page to page , forgetful of every defect in the arrangement , and occupied only with the glories of the poetry , the errors ...
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