The New-York Review, Volume 4George Dearborn & Company, 1839 |
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... genius , which was diverted from verse to the teaching of Christian philosophy : " I have too clearly before me the idea of a poet's genius to deem myself other than a very humble poet ; but in the very possession of the idea I know ...
... genius , which was diverted from verse to the teaching of Christian philosophy : " I have too clearly before me the idea of a poet's genius to deem myself other than a very humble poet ; but in the very possession of the idea I know ...
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... genius from the moment that it dawned upon him . Yes , though Wordsworth's meekness might aptly be emblemed in the caged dove , or the lark delighting not less in his lowly nest on the bosom of the very earth than in bathing his wings ...
... genius from the moment that it dawned upon him . Yes , though Wordsworth's meekness might aptly be emblemed in the caged dove , or the lark delighting not less in his lowly nest on the bosom of the very earth than in bathing his wings ...
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... genius . The passage has been sadly blunted by the frequency of thoughtless quotation , but we require it now as a philosophical authority . First , to distinguish the processes of imagination from those of " cool reason " the ...
... genius . The passage has been sadly blunted by the frequency of thoughtless quotation , but we require it now as a philosophical authority . First , to distinguish the processes of imagination from those of " cool reason " the ...
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... genius of Shakspeare is looked on as anomalous and inexplicable . But we ask no bet- ter proof of the presence of such a sovereign power in the mind , and of its might in revealing truth , than the creations in his dra- mas . By what ...
... genius of Shakspeare is looked on as anomalous and inexplicable . But we ask no bet- ter proof of the presence of such a sovereign power in the mind , and of its might in revealing truth , than the creations in his dra- mas . By what ...
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... genius which he so faithfully cherished : " No man was ever yet a great poet without being at the same time a profound philoso- pher . For poetry is the blossom and the fragrance of all hu- man knowledge , human thoughts , human ...
... genius which he so faithfully cherished : " No man was ever yet a great poet without being at the same time a profound philoso- pher . For poetry is the blossom and the fragrance of all hu- man knowledge , human thoughts , human ...
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