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Page 207
The physiology of the the accomplishment , were there no- mind is a subject of
which we are , thing more in the matter than a and will for ever continue , in total
morbid imagination on the one hand , ignorance . It may have latent powers , and
a ...
The physiology of the the accomplishment , were there no- mind is a subject of
which we are , thing more in the matter than a and will for ever continue , in total
morbid imagination on the one hand , ignorance . It may have latent powers , and
a ...
Page 353
If there is any spectacle more pe- of his poetical powers ; but the culiarly
melancholy than another , present publication , we think , has it is the sight of a
noble mind over- brought the question fairly to issue , thrown , and of genius
sinking into a ...
If there is any spectacle more pe- of his poetical powers ; but the culiarly
melancholy than another , present publication , we think , has it is the sight of a
noble mind over- brought the question fairly to issue , thrown , and of genius
sinking into a ...
Page 611
In the mood of mind produced by this disastrous event , we have no inclination to
attempt setting forth the distinctive and characteristic attributes of that poetry
which is already in every hand , and familiar to every heart ; far less to do
ourselves ...
In the mood of mind produced by this disastrous event , we have no inclination to
attempt setting forth the distinctive and characteristic attributes of that poetry
which is already in every hand , and familiar to every heart ; far less to do
ourselves ...
Page 612
His poetry partook of this bias of his mind ; for while he hurled the thunderbolts of
his indignation against tyranny , and oppression , and public profligacy , he also
flung a dazzling ray of heavenly light over every act and every name which ...
His poetry partook of this bias of his mind ; for while he hurled the thunderbolts of
his indignation against tyranny , and oppression , and public profligacy , he also
flung a dazzling ray of heavenly light over every act and every name which ...
Page 676
It was the voice which ven- whose well - regulated mind , or nae tured to rise ,
alone and unsupported , tural cheerfulness of disposition , inagainst the
mysticism of bigotry , thé duces him to look with a lenient eye prejudice of
ignorance , and ...
It was the voice which ven- whose well - regulated mind , or nae tured to rise ,
alone and unsupported , tural cheerfulness of disposition , inagainst the
mysticism of bigotry , thé duces him to look with a lenient eye prejudice of
ignorance , and ...
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