The Rise of Romanticism: Essential TextsCarcanet New Press, 1978 - 363 pages |
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Page 126
... never can arrive at such a pitch of vivacity , as to render these perceptions altogether un- distinguishable . All the colours of poetry , however splendid , can never paint natural objects in such a manner as to make the description be ...
... never can arrive at such a pitch of vivacity , as to render these perceptions altogether un- distinguishable . All the colours of poetry , however splendid , can never paint natural objects in such a manner as to make the description be ...
Page 132
... never can conjecture what effect will result from it . But were the power or energy of any cause dis- coverable by the mind , we could foresee the effect , even without ex- perience ; and might , at first , pronounce with certainty ...
... never can conjecture what effect will result from it . But were the power or energy of any cause dis- coverable by the mind , we could foresee the effect , even without ex- perience ; and might , at first , pronounce with certainty ...
Page 137
... never can observe any tie between them . They seem conjoined , but never connected . And as we can have no idea of any thing which never appeared to our outward sense or inward sentiment , the necessary con- clusion seems to be that we ...
... never can observe any tie between them . They seem conjoined , but never connected . And as we can have no idea of any thing which never appeared to our outward sense or inward sentiment , the necessary con- clusion seems to be that we ...
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abstract admiration Aeneid ancient appear association beauty Berkeley Biographia Literaria Blake Blake's body Book of Urizen cause character classical colour composition concept connexion consider distance distinct duration Earth effect eighteenth century epistemology Essay eternal example existence extension Ezekiel Faery Queen fancy feeling finite genius Gothic Hartley hath heaven Hebrew Homer human imitation impressions infinite Joseph Warton kind language Lowth manner Maurice Morgann medullary substance memory mind motion mountains nature never Night Thoughts o'er objects obscure observed oriental original Ossian particular passions perceived perception perhaps philosophers pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's principle prophet proposition reader reason relation Robert Lowth Romantic Romanticism sacred seems sensation sense sensible sentiments sight simple ideas Smart soul space spirit sublime suggests suppose Theocritus theory things Thomas Warton thought Tintern Abbey verse vibrations visible Warton words Wordsworth's writing Young