Selected Essays of William Hazlitt, 1778-1830 |
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Neither a mere description of natural objects , nor a mere delineation of natural feelings , however distinct or forcible , constitutes the ultimate end and aim of poetry , without the heightenings of the imagination .
Neither a mere description of natural objects , nor a mere delineation of natural feelings , however distinct or forcible , constitutes the ultimate end and aim of poetry , without the heightenings of the imagination .
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Let an object , for instance , be presented to the senses in a state of agitation or fear - and the imagination will distort or magnify the object , and convert it into the likeness of whatever is most proper to encourage the fear .
Let an object , for instance , be presented to the senses in a state of agitation or fear - and the imagination will distort or magnify the object , and convert it into the likeness of whatever is most proper to encourage the fear .
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Poetry is in all its shapes the language of the imagination and the passions , of fancy and will . Nothing , therefore , can be more absurd than the outcry which has been sometimes raised by frigid and pedantic critics , for reducing ...
Poetry is in all its shapes the language of the imagination and the passions , of fancy and will . Nothing , therefore , can be more absurd than the outcry which has been sometimes raised by frigid and pedantic critics , for reducing ...
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On the Love of Life | 8 |
On Living to Onesself | 24 |
On Reading Old Books | 40 |
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