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Pagina xii
'Poetry,' he said, 'is the art of uniting pleasure with truth by calling imagination to
the aid of reason' ; and, if the definition be used with pliability, it may be made to
cover a fairly wide field. But, when he set about to illustrate his idea of 'pleasure' ...
'Poetry,' he said, 'is the art of uniting pleasure with truth by calling imagination to
the aid of reason' ; and, if the definition be used with pliability, it may be made to
cover a fairly wide field. But, when he set about to illustrate his idea of 'pleasure' ...
Pagina 72
But the truth is, that the knowledge of external nature, and the sciences which that
knowledge requires or includes, are not the great or the frequent business of the
human mind. Whether we provide for action or conversation, whether we wish ...
But the truth is, that the knowledge of external nature, and the sciences which that
knowledge requires or includes, are not the great or the frequent business of the
human mind. Whether we provide for action or conversation, whether we wish ...
Pagina 448
He never outsteps the modesty of nature, nor raises merriment or wonder by the
violation of truth. His figures neither divert by distortion, nor amaze by
aggravation. He copies life with so much fidelity, that he can be hardly said to
invent; yet his ...
He never outsteps the modesty of nature, nor raises merriment or wonder by the
violation of truth. His figures neither divert by distortion, nor amaze by
aggravation. He copies life with so much fidelity, that he can be hardly said to
invent; yet his ...
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