Selected Essays of William Hazlitt, 1778-1830 |
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world of their own making ; and the poet does no more than describe what all the others think and act . If his art is folly and madness , it is folly and madness at second hand . " There is warrant for it . " Poets alone have not " such ...
world of their own making ; and the poet does no more than describe what all the others think and act . If his art is folly and madness , it is folly and madness at second hand . " There is warrant for it . " Poets alone have not " such ...
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The painter of history might as well be required to represent the face of a person who has just trod upon a serpent with the still - life expression of a common portrait , as the poet to describe the most striking and vivid impressions ...
The painter of history might as well be required to represent the face of a person who has just trod upon a serpent with the still - life expression of a common portrait , as the poet to describe the most striking and vivid impressions ...
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Consequently , a poet will be at a loss , and flounder about for the common or ( as we understand it ) natural order of words in prose composi- tion . Dr. Johnson endeavoured to give an air of dignity and novelty to his diction by ...
Consequently , a poet will be at a loss , and flounder about for the common or ( as we understand it ) natural order of words in prose composi- tion . Dr. Johnson endeavoured to give an air of dignity and novelty to his diction by ...
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On the Love of Life | 8 |
On Living to Onesself | 24 |
On Reading Old Books | 40 |
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