North-American Review and Miscellaneous Journal, Volume 8Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge O. Everett, 1965 Vols. 277-230, no. 2 include Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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Page 172
... poetry can touch . It is enough and more than enough for the poet , that in times long elapsed , men and elements have contended and wrought overthrow . His materials already abound , the ravages of armies , plots of the ambitious ...
... poetry can touch . It is enough and more than enough for the poet , that in times long elapsed , men and elements have contended and wrought overthrow . His materials already abound , the ravages of armies , plots of the ambitious ...
Page 175
... poetry , and their wonder - working inhabitants . It is conceded that history may appeal to our admiration , and secure a passionate interest , although the matters it relates should be of recent occurrence . Herodotus recounted the ...
... poetry , and their wonder - working inhabitants . It is conceded that history may appeal to our admiration , and secure a passionate interest , although the matters it relates should be of recent occurrence . Herodotus recounted the ...
Page 283
... poetry and all men poets , so that to despise poetry as he defines it , would be with Fal- staff , to " banish all the world . ” ' Man is a poetical animal : and those of us who do not study the principles of poetry . act upon them all ...
... poetry and all men poets , so that to despise poetry as he defines it , would be with Fal- staff , to " banish all the world . ” ' Man is a poetical animal : and those of us who do not study the principles of poetry . act upon them all ...
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