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operates freely , neither softened by the beauty , nor awed by the dignity of his
thoughts ; but such is the power of his poetry , that his call is obeyed without
resistance , the reader feels himself in captivity to a higher and a nobler mind ,
and ...
operates freely , neither softened by the beauty , nor awed by the dignity of his
thoughts ; but such is the power of his poetry , that his call is obeyed without
resistance , the reader feels himself in captivity to a higher and a nobler mind ,
and ...
Pagina 346
One of his favourite topicks is contempt of his own poetry . For this , if it had been
real , he would deserve no commendation , and in this he was certainly not
sincere ; for his high value of himself was sufficiently observed , and of what ...
One of his favourite topicks is contempt of his own poetry . For this , if it had been
real , he would deserve no commendation , and in this he was certainly not
sincere ; for his high value of himself was sufficiently observed , and of what ...
Pagina 417
I am one of those that are willing to be pleased , and therefore would gladly find
the meaning of the first stanza of The Progress of Poetry . Gray seems in his
rapture to confound the images of spreading sound and running water . A stream
of ...
I am one of those that are willing to be pleased , and therefore would gladly find
the meaning of the first stanza of The Progress of Poetry . Gray seems in his
rapture to confound the images of spreading sound and running water . A stream
of ...
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