Selected Essays of William Hazlitt, 1778-1830 |
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ON POETRY IN GENERAL ( LECTURES ON THE ENGLISH POETS , 1818 ) THE best general notion which I can give of poetry is , that it is the natural impression of any object or event , by its vividness exciting an involuntary movement of ...
ON POETRY IN GENERAL ( LECTURES ON THE ENGLISH POETS , 1818 ) THE best general notion which I can give of poetry is , that it is the natural impression of any object or event , by its vividness exciting an involuntary movement of ...
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flower that spreads its sweet leaves to the air , and dedicates its beauty to the sun , ” — there is poetry , in its birth . If history is a grave study , poetry may be said to be a graver : its materials lie deeper , and are spread ...
flower that spreads its sweet leaves to the air , and dedicates its beauty to the sun , ” — there is poetry , in its birth . If history is a grave study , poetry may be said to be a graver : its materials lie deeper , and are spread ...
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All is not poetry that passes for such : nor does verse make the whole difference between poetry and prose . The Iliad does not cease to be poetry in a literal transla- tion ; and Addison's Campaign has been very properly denominated a ...
All is not poetry that passes for such : nor does verse make the whole difference between poetry and prose . The Iliad does not cease to be poetry in a literal transla- tion ; and Addison's Campaign has been very properly denominated a ...
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On the Love of Life | 8 |
On Living to Onesself | 24 |
On Reading Old Books | 40 |
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