An Oxford Anthology of English ProseArnold Whitridge, John Wendell Dodds, Howard Foster Lowry Oxford University Press, 1935 - 950 pages |
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Page 189
... poet has found the repartee , the last perfec- tion he can add to it , is to put it into verse . However good the thought may be , how- ever apt the words in which ' tis couched , yet he finds himself at a little unrest , while rhyme is ...
... poet has found the repartee , the last perfec- tion he can add to it , is to put it into verse . However good the thought may be , how- ever apt the words in which ' tis couched , yet he finds himself at a little unrest , while rhyme is ...
Page 400
... Poet , singing a song in which all human beings join with him , rejoices in the pres- ence of truth as our visible friend and hourly companion . Poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge ; it is the impassioned expression ...
... Poet , singing a song in which all human beings join with him , rejoices in the pres- ence of truth as our visible friend and hourly companion . Poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge ; it is the impassioned expression ...
Page 401
... Poet describes , as they are the sensations of other men , and the objects which interest them . The Poet thinks and feels in the spirit of human passions . How , then , can his language differ in any material degree from that of all ...
... Poet describes , as they are the sensations of other men , and the objects which interest them . The Poet thinks and feels in the spirit of human passions . How , then , can his language differ in any material degree from that of all ...
Contents
Le Morte Darthur | 1 |
Roger Ascham 15151568 | 19 |
Sir Thomas North | 29 |
Copyright | |
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