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... verse inspires ; " Who talks true greatness - Let him boldly claim " The sacred honours of a poet's name . " FRANCIS . The sensation of the sublime is experienced when we survey a very large and lofty moun- tain , a vast extensive plain ...
... verse inspires ; " Who talks true greatness - Let him boldly claim " The sacred honours of a poet's name . " FRANCIS . The sensation of the sublime is experienced when we survey a very large and lofty moun- tain , a vast extensive plain ...
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... sublime , I find it in the two first of these lines , where a truly grand and magnificent idea is entirely degraded by the meanness of the imagery and expres- sion . In the 6th and 7th verses of the same Psalm 32 THE SUBLIME .
... sublime , I find it in the two first of these lines , where a truly grand and magnificent idea is entirely degraded by the meanness of the imagery and expres- sion . In the 6th and 7th verses of the same Psalm 32 THE SUBLIME .
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Addressed to His Son George Gregory. In the 6th and 7th verses of the same Psalm , is a fine instance of the sublime , alluding , as I apprehend , to the deluge- " Thou coveredst it ( the earth ) with the deep as with a garment : the ...
Addressed to His Son George Gregory. In the 6th and 7th verses of the same Psalm , is a fine instance of the sublime , alluding , as I apprehend , to the deluge- " Thou coveredst it ( the earth ) with the deep as with a garment : the ...
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... verses on his death . 1 " My female friends , whose tender hearts " Have better learn'd to act their parts , " Receive the news in doleful dumps : " The Dean is dead ( pray what is trumps ? ) " The Lord have mercy on his soul ...
... verses on his death . 1 " My female friends , whose tender hearts " Have better learn'd to act their parts , " Receive the news in doleful dumps : " The Dean is dead ( pray what is trumps ? ) " The Lord have mercy on his soul ...
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... verse ; and that something like a metrical arrangement may be traced in the style of our best prose writers . This observa- / tion will be less clear and obvious to those who are only acquainted with modern verse . There so much has ...
... verse ; and that something like a metrical arrangement may be traced in the style of our best prose writers . This observa- / tion will be less clear and obvious to those who are only acquainted with modern verse . There so much has ...
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