Eighteenth-century English Literature: Modern Essays in CriticismJames Lowry Clifford Oxford University Press, 1959 - 351 Seiten |
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... sublime genius lies all in the past , before civilization began , we naturally look for it in the past . We long to recover the work of those sublime prehistoric bards and druids who must have existed . But their work is not to be found ...
... sublime genius lies all in the past , before civilization began , we naturally look for it in the past . We long to recover the work of those sublime prehistoric bards and druids who must have existed . But their work is not to be found ...
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... sublime More sublime The heav'nly partner mov'd . The prime of age Composed her steps . The presence of a god High on the circle of her brow inthron'd , From each majestic motion darted awe , A matron's robe , ... White as the sunshine ...
... sublime More sublime The heav'nly partner mov'd . The prime of age Composed her steps . The presence of a god High on the circle of her brow inthron'd , From each majestic motion darted awe , A matron's robe , ... White as the sunshine ...
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... sublime , it must be attended with some circumstances besides its bare faculty of showing other objects . Mere light is too common a thing to make a strong impression on the mind ; and without a strong impression nothing can be sublime ...
... sublime , it must be attended with some circumstances besides its bare faculty of showing other objects . Mere light is too common a thing to make a strong impression on the mind ; and without a strong impression nothing can be sublime ...
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THE GLOOM OF THE TORY SATIRISTS | 3 |
THE ESSAY ON CRITICISM | 42 |
POPE SEEN THROUGH HIS LETTERS | 62 |
Urheberrecht | |
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