 By poetry we mean the art of employing words in such a manner as to produce an illusion on the imagination, the art of doing by means of words what the painter does by means of colors.  Essay on Milton - Page 62by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1903 - 160 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Authors, English - 1893 - 222 pages
...unsoundness. By poetry we mean not all writing in verse, nor even all good writing in verse. Our definition 20 excludes many metrical compositions which, on other...by means of words what the painter does by means of 2b colors. Thus the greatest of poets has described it, in lines universally admired for the vigor... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1893 - 244 pages
...even all good writing in verse. Our definition 20 excludes many metrical compositions which, on oth^r grounds, deserve the highest praise. By poetry we...by means of words what the painter does by means of 25 colors. Thus the greatest of poets has described it, in lines universally admired for the vigor... | |
 | Robert Frederick Brewer - English language - 1893 - 404 pages
...that, in its widest sense, poetry is creation or invention of ideal beauty.* Macaulay says of it : " By poetry we mean the art of employing words in such a manner as to produce illusion on the imagination — the art of doing by words what the painter does by means of colours."... | |
 | Engelbert Nader - English language - 1893 - 100 pages
...Fuliboden; [frz. plancher], 34) ground, cause, reason, motive; incentive: Grund, Ursache. a) Our definition excludes many metrical compositions which, on other grounds, deserve the highest praise. [On the careful examination] ive rest the ground of our decision, b) It was the cause of my falling... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1894 - 96 pages
...unsoundness. By poetry we mean not all writing in verse, nor even all good writing in verse. Our definition excludes many metrical compositions which, on other...by means of words what the painter does by means of colors. Thus the greatest of poets has described it, in lines universally admired for the vigor and... | |
 | Literature - 1894 - 916 pages
...ness. By poetry we mean not all writing in verse, nor even all good writing in verse. Our definition nce can the highest results be produced. As we have...asserted, Science is necessary not only for the most the plenitude of belief. The Greek Rhapsodists, according to Plato, could scarce recite Homer without... | |
 | English literature - 1895 - 508 pages
...unsoundness. By poetry we mean not all writing in verse, nor even all good writing in verse. Our definition excludes many metrical compositions which, on other...by means of words what the painter does by means of colors. Thus the greatest of poets has described it, in lines universally admired for the vigor and... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1895 - 934 pages
...unsoundness. By poetry we mean not all writing in verse, nor even all good writing in verse. Our definition in thought. He came back determined to put every... ߀ 0 "m 1895 Longmans, Green, and co."K meaiib of colours. Thus the greatest of poets has described it, in lines universally admired for the... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1895 - 298 pages
...we mean, not, of course, all writing in verse, nor even all good writing in verse. *\ Our definition excludes many metrical compositions which, on other...in such a manner as to produce an illusion on the imaginationjthe art of doing by means of words what the painter-dt5e?oy means of colours. Thus the... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1895 - 256 pages
...poetry we mean, not, of course, all writing in verse, nor even all good writing in verse. Our definition excludes many metrical compositions which, on other grounds, deserve the highest praise. -/J^v poetry we mean, .the art of employing words in such a manner as to produce an illusion on the... | |
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