The Poetry of Life, Volume 1Carey, Lea, and Blanchard, 1835 |
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... PICTURES OF PRIVATE LIFE . 39 " Poetry has been to me its own exceeding great reward . ' It has soothed my afflictions , it has multiplied and refined my enjoyments ; it has endeared solitude ; and it has given me the habit of wishing ...
... PICTURES OF PRIVATE LIFE . 39 " Poetry has been to me its own exceeding great reward . ' It has soothed my afflictions , it has multiplied and refined my enjoyments ; it has endeared solitude ; and it has given me the habit of wishing ...
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... picture , to delineate his own conceptions of grandeur or beauty . Even were he able to throw into his per- formance the force of the most daring genius , or the most inextinguishable enthusiasm , it would prove in the end , no better ...
... picture , to delineate his own conceptions of grandeur or beauty . Even were he able to throw into his per- formance the force of the most daring genius , or the most inextinguishable enthusiasm , it would prove in the end , no better ...
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... picture , and sometimes a very worthy man , are without Poetry , is a fact almost as deeply felt , and as well ... pictures it is a striking and important one ; while in men it can only be a defect proportioned to the high standing they ...
... picture , and sometimes a very worthy man , are without Poetry , is a fact almost as deeply felt , and as well ... pictures it is a striking and important one ; while in men it can only be a defect proportioned to the high standing they ...
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... picture sometimes pleases from a secret charm which cannot well be defined , and which arises not so much from the proper adjustment of colour and outline according to the rules of art , as from the sud- den , mysterious , and combined ...
... picture sometimes pleases from a secret charm which cannot well be defined , and which arises not so much from the proper adjustment of colour and outline according to the rules of art , as from the sud- den , mysterious , and combined ...
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... picture of ru- ral peace , and privileged seclusion . We long to shake off the shackles of artificial society , the weary- ing cares of life , the imperative control of fashion , or * Dr. James Willson . the toil and traffic of the busy ...
... picture of ru- ral peace , and privileged seclusion . We long to shake off the shackles of artificial society , the weary- ing cares of life , the imperative control of fashion , or * Dr. James Willson . the toil and traffic of the busy ...
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