The Quarterly Review, Volumes 263-264William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1934 |
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... poetry . No nation , ' said Voltaire , has treated in poetry moral ideas with more energy and depth than the English nation , ' and he sees here the great merit of our poets . Matthew Arnold used rather different terms , but said the ...
... poetry . No nation , ' said Voltaire , has treated in poetry moral ideas with more energy and depth than the English nation , ' and he sees here the great merit of our poets . Matthew Arnold used rather different terms , but said the ...
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... poet communicates to us by the magic of his words is itself profound , noble , and rich . English poetry has the signal advantage in this regard that it is the heir of three traditions , gathering from the Greeks its style and supple ...
... poet communicates to us by the magic of his words is itself profound , noble , and rich . English poetry has the signal advantage in this regard that it is the heir of three traditions , gathering from the Greeks its style and supple ...
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... poetry - stubborn enough to enable us to say , This poet stands on this side , that on the other . Of the two ... poetry of acceptance . They are concerned not to overturn the world , but to understand it and to interpret it to others ...
... poetry - stubborn enough to enable us to say , This poet stands on this side , that on the other . Of the two ... poetry of acceptance . They are concerned not to overturn the world , but to understand it and to interpret it to others ...
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