Modern Eloquence, Volume 9Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh John D. Morris, 1900 |
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... poets are no one of them to be inscribed among the two- score chief singers of the world , they are not the less ... poet , the great French critic suavely answered , “ He is important to us . " With- out Lamartine there would be a ...
... poets are no one of them to be inscribed among the two- score chief singers of the world , they are not the less ... poet , the great French critic suavely answered , “ He is important to us . " With- out Lamartine there would be a ...
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... poet , be it remembered , is never a politician , and a poli- tician is never a poet [ laughter and cheers ] —that is to say , a politician is never so fortunate as to be a poet , and a poet is so fortunate as never to be a politician ...
... poet , be it remembered , is never a politician , and a poli- tician is never a poet [ laughter and cheers ] —that is to say , a politician is never so fortunate as to be a poet , and a poet is so fortunate as never to be a politician ...
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... poets . In his magnificent prose essay on " The Defence of Poetry , " the poet Shelley thus compares the functions of the poet and the prophet : - " Poets , according to the circumstance of the age and nation in which they appeared ...
... poets . In his magnificent prose essay on " The Defence of Poetry , " the poet Shelley thus compares the functions of the poet and the prophet : - " Poets , according to the circumstance of the age and nation in which they appeared ...
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