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... poet for example may be as bad a judge of painting as a painter may be of poetry , each man looking vainly in his neighbour's work for the qualities proper to his own ; but it does not follow that either must of necessity be fool enough ...
... poet for example may be as bad a judge of painting as a painter may be of poetry , each man looking vainly in his neighbour's work for the qualities proper to his own ; but it does not follow that either must of necessity be fool enough ...
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... poets of Richelieu beside Corneille , and I know not whom beside Molière , will the future think of those judges who would place any poet of his age by the side of Victor Hugo . Nor has his age proved poor - it has rather been ...
... poets of Richelieu beside Corneille , and I know not whom beside Molière , will the future think of those judges who would place any poet of his age by the side of Victor Hugo . Nor has his age proved poor - it has rather been ...
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... poet's metaphor , that he sees the crowning star of a long night now dilated to a sun through the thunderclouds of the morning . He knows that this fire in heaven is indeed the fire of day ; but he finds no fitting words of welcome or ...
... poet's metaphor , that he sees the crowning star of a long night now dilated to a sun through the thunderclouds of the morning . He knows that this fire in heaven is indeed the fire of day ; but he finds no fitting words of welcome or ...
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... poetic art in general , and certain in that case to illustrate them with fresh lights of its own . This of Victor ... poetry and politics are irreconcilable or not ; the second , whether art should prefer to deal with things immediate ...
... poetic art in general , and certain in that case to illustrate them with fresh lights of its own . This of Victor ... poetry and politics are irreconcilable or not ; the second , whether art should prefer to deal with things immediate ...
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... poetry , he will write it ; if it bid him abstain from any such theme and write only on personal or ideal subjects , then also he will obey ; or if ever he attempt to force his genius into unnatural service , constrain it to some alien ...
... poetry , he will write it ; if it bid him abstain from any such theme and write only on personal or ideal subjects , then also he will obey ; or if ever he attempt to force his genius into unnatural service , constrain it to some alien ...
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